Perception or how one is perceived gives an impression of influential characteristics to share

Learning about dramaturgy and the idea of maintaining self is very important to social interactions. Erving Goffman’s theoretical concepts that make up dramaturgy can be seen in many social settings especial at Starbucks. By using the different tools that make up impression management I can see how we are very much like actors in a play that are trying to maintain a believable performance.

Our identity is comprised of inner qualities and outer representations of self. It consists of innumerable defining characteristics that make up the whole of who we are in any given moment. These fragments of self include our sexuality, gender, and sense of belonging to a particular culture, nation, religion, family, or some other group. Our identity includes our looks, personality, beliefs and fears. Each individual in society assigns themselves a particular role, whether it be as a mother, brother, retiree, performer, sportsman or as a part of their occupation, a doctor or lawyer. Often one’s entire sense of self is consumed by

Within my daily interactions in my life, I observed impression management with my younger brother at his basketball tryouts. Impression management is defined as “the communication strategies people use to influence on how others view them” ( Chapter 4, 80). An example of that happened a month ago at my brothers’ basketball tryouts, my brother from what he perceived to me when we

impressions made on other people weather we are in contact with them or not (194). In the book,

How first impressions are formed has been a subject of interest by many researchers in the area of psychology.

Often the most important trait a person can posses is to be aware of their surroundings. If someone is aware of their surroundings on a physical, mental and emotional level, they have the power to fully immerse themselves in their experience, without hesitation or limitation. In Saidiya Hartman’s memoir Lose Your Mother, the reader is presented with an orator who lacks complete awareness of their surroundings, which later translates to a lack of self-awareness, while in both Jamaica Kincaid’s and Caryl Phillips respective memoirs the reader is presented with authors who are fully aware of their surroundings and thus self aware as well.

This question provided an interesting contrast for the impression management theory. Overall, it seemed that these values and/or norms and expectations are to be adhered to. Although, in certain tribes such as the Cherokee tribe, there may be circumstances where these expectations become less strict. We believe that these values are upheld within formal settings

lasting impressions have the ability to change who we are, they change our attitudes, our personalities

There is also the looking-glass self is a concept by which we think of ourselves the way people see us. By impression management, we mean that our

to her editor John Wiley, 1846. Margaret Fuller wanted her thoughts and opinions to be

Many people may notice that they tend to act differently around different people. In one case, one may act outlandish and carefree when he is with his friends, but on the other hand, he might act in a more reserved and quiet manner when around people he is less acquainted with. This behavior could lead to people wondering whether or not this person is being genuine with them or not. Moreover, these actions are quite common in society, literature, and many psychological and scientific studies. Overall, people should act as genuine as they can in order to prevent false assumptions about the person.

Perception, cognition and emotion Perception is defined as a “sense-making” process. People define their surroundings based on how they perceive the situation. There is also Perceptual distortion – the extent to which the perceiver’s own needs, desires and experiences color or predispose his perception of the situation. Included in Perceptual distortion are four major errors: stereotyping, halo effects, selective perception and projection (Lewicki, Saunders, & Barry, 2011). In the Tough Guy case, Mazey uses all of these errors when interacting with his employees.

Individuals are perceived according to their facial expressions more so than the words they speak.

To reinforce the reading assignment, “Leadership and Human Behavior” first impressions do affect our behavior. (Leadership & Human Behavior. 2011) The affect on human behavior and first impressions is directly affected by the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. (Maslow. 1970) Dependant on how many of your basic needs have been met directly affects your first impression. For example, in the first story, “John is an Extrovert”, my first impression of John was that he was an outgoing employee, happy with his job and had many friends. This type of person would be great for your company and would be able to

I analyzed Facebook postings from a person B, who is my friend. I found the following theme on her Facebook which there were three pictures of the person B with her boyfriend, one when they were hugging each other and facing to the beach. The other two when they were eating in the restaurants. There were also a lot of pictures of food the person was eating, the place she was hanging out with her family and friends. I also found two images when she stayed at home. Besides that, there were four selfie photos when she was getting ready to go out. She called that were the check in pictures.