- Effect created on other's thoughts and feelings
- Driving force behind social interactions
How I manage my impression ?
Impression
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Impression
- Our acceptance depends on how others view us
- Our engagement depends on how we view others
Individualism
- Do not worry about what others say
- Be just yourselves
- Live life your way
Impression management
- Humans need a social life
- Social life needs social interactions
- Social interactions demand perceived impressions
Perceived impression
- Friendly, trustworthy and interesting
- Interactions of one kind
- Unfriendly, untrustworthy and boring
- Interactions of another kind
We feel upset if not viewed in the desired manner
- Like to be seen competent, moral and sought
- Not like to be seen incompetent, immoral, and wicked
- Prefer not to bother if motives found biased
Natural to present self on need basis
- Different information in different situations
- A specific image in a particular situation
- Importance to the end objective
Common styles of presenting the impression
- Reveal correct information
- Emphasize emotions and problems
- Convey negative image knowingly
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Common styles of presenting the impression
- Conceal truth
- Lie and exaggerate
Excessive impression concern has drawbacks
- Dangerous behavior
- Teenagers indulging in risky behavior
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Excessive impression concern has drawbacks
- Social anxiety
- Public speaking, job interviews, meeting people
Impression management can have ethical issues
- End objective being the sole purpose
- Concealing the truth
- Lying and exaggerating
Tips for Impression
- View impression forming efforts as usual
- Beware of excessive concern for impression
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Tips for Impression
- Resist conveying a false impression
- Resist doing anything to get things done