Exam 5: Self-Presentation and Impression Management

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I was recruited to throw javelin in college so visited schools during my senior year of high school.I had edited a DVD of my best throws to show to coaches during the visits.On one visit, my brother and I sat in the coach's office and he put the DVD into his computer.Rather than my video, an erotic commercial of a half-nude woman began to play through viewing application.I was embarrassed, imagining that the coach thought that I had inserted the commercial into the video.I was trying to claim the identity of a responsible student-athlete, and perceived the video to challenge this identity.The source of the embarrassment was a combination of lacking professionalism to be a student-athlete at a well-respected college and the privacy violation of watching a half-nude woman on screen with my brother and a prospective coach.I attempted to save face by exiting the screen and starting the video again; I did not apologize or provide an account.The coach did not mention the incident and continued to recruit me to the track program.

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People who lie have control over what they say, but less control over their facial expressions and bodily movement.Nonverbal leakage through facial expressions and bodily movements can give off signs of deceit.When people lie, they often have higher vocal pitches, more stuttering, and shorter responses.When lying, people's smiles have similarities to looks of fear or sadness.People who lie nod their heads and move their hands and feet less.These cues, however, are hard to detect with the human eye or ear, can be caused by other factors like nervousness, and can be manipulated by skilled liars.To be most successful in deceit detection, pay attention verbal cues for logically structured and detailed stories: truthful accounts are more logically structured and have more details.