PSYC401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Impression Management
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Exam 1 on monday: know ideas, terms and sample evidence, be able to use theories, emphasis on lecture, there will be some practice tomorrow, exam will cover no more than we cover in class. Impression management: self-monitoring: being attuned to how to present yourself in social situations, adjusting behavior to created desired impression, practice: Instructed participants entering online chat to try to: Desire for positive self-regard is universal but cultural variance in terms of appropriate ways to express it. Maybe self-enhancement depends on cultural appropriateness of traits: not always a good thing. Self-presentation motives are so strong that they lead people to engage impression- creating behaviors that can be dangerous: self-handicapping. The actions people take handicap their own performance in order to build an excuse for anticipated failure. A person"s favorable or unfavorable evaluation of a target object tor idea: relatively enduring organization of beliefs, feelings, and behavioral tendencies towards socially significant objects, groups, events or symbol.
