Sociology Impression Management

Boyd, Danah. “Impression Management in a Networked Setting” Reading pop culture, 2nd Ed Edited by Jeff Osbourne. Bedford / St. Martins, 2016, PP, 122-127

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.

Public perception is something that people worry about on a daily basis; what will people think of me, will they like me, am I an outsider? Everyone asks themselves these questions when they go out in public, but this feeling has the biggest impact on minority groups. In the two poems "For Malcolm, a Year After" by Etheridge Knight and "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City" by Sherman Alexie and in the essay "Black Men and Public Spaces” by Brent Staples, the authors are able to show that public perception can force minority groups to change in order to match a certain conformity. These three texts are able to reveal this concept by showing how individuals from minority groups need to control their emotions and reactions to prevent conflict,

Another outstanding concept in this movie was self-presentation/tactical impression management. Self- presentation and impression management are petty similar because they are both processes by which individuals attempt to control the impressions that other form of them during interaction. (DeLamater, 89-90). Throughout his movie Olive presents herself to everyone at her school as someone she was not. She was

In terms of the utility of influencing tactics, I used the rationality, emotional appeal, and impression management during the activity, as well as exchange. I acted as Chris Johnson, an

The idea that humans internalize their cultures’ social norms to a degree at which these norms affect their self-image is a long debated argument among many social sciences. From psychology to history, the idea of socialization has sprung a diverse variety of theories, all proclaiming that their theory is the answer. All of these social theories provoke questions about social reality. Social reality is a complex evaluation of what is considered biological reality and what is considered individual cognitive reality. These realities are created by social interaction thus influencing individual motives and actions, so how can one theory answer it all. Dennis H. Wrong (1961), an American sociologist and professor of sociology at New York University, suggests that much like the question of social reality the answer is complex thus no single theory can correctly affiliate with all the problems surrounding social reality.

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

norms of the 1800s. This is evident throughout the different roles and responsibilities Edna and

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

Impression evidence can be defined as objects or materials that have retained the characteristics of other objects through direct contact.

As previously stated, social class has an overreach impact on one’s life. Every social class has specific stereotypes about education, income, and suitability for employment positions. If an individual is able to perceive another person’s social class through facial cues, then a person’s first impression, whether consciously or unconsciously given, is one’s social class. Most people attempt to groom their first impression to accommodate the surrounding situation, such as a college student dressing professionally for a job interview. In this situation, first impressions are meant to give a potential employer an unbiased picture of who the interviewee is as a person. If the first impression the employer receives is one’s social class, due

In contrast with repression theory, which asserts a special nature to traumatic memories, false-memory theory argues that trauma encoding and recall is no different from other emotional memories. Given that traumatic events such as CSA are highly memorable, people who claim to be unaware of it for so long must be mistaken. In particular, false-memory theorists are skeptical of memories that emerged through hypnosis, guided imagery, or suggestive interview questioning – all of which are methods used by repression theorists in order to recover the “repressed memories.” Instead of attributing the lack of recall to repression due to trauma, it is possible that these memory problems are due to typical forgetfulness, failure to encode an experience, or deliberate avoidance and reluctance to recall the event, all of which could be easily confused with an inability to remember the trauma. (McNally et al)

Everyone judges and place impressions on others subjected of race before engaging with that person. I think it is a natural habit for anyone to judge someone based off of racial identity, it is something we do to know the main basic information about the individual. If you and I were blindfolded when we introduced ourselves, it would be very difficult to get a feel on the person we are engaging with. The only thing we could assume with our ears is if it’s a male or female. We could not assume the height, weight, race or age. If a woman was treated badly by a boyfriend that acted dishonestly she will think that any other man who acts dishonestly is a cheater. If you met a very arrogant person then seen someone that looked just like him you will

Question 3) We tend to use 7 strategies to shape our image and put fourth a good impression. Choose 3 of the 7 and describe how you have used them in interpersonal communication.

targeted person or group of people, being the Germans in this case. Impression management, similarly to ingratiation aims at achieving popularity