Deck 5: Self-Presentation and Self-Disclosure

Question 1

Creating a desired image of one's self is part of …

A) self-disclosure
B) self-presentation
C) self-esteem
D) self-motivation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Wearing pajamas to class may be violating the self-presentational tactic of …

A) changes in physial environment
B) social associations
C) complinance with social norms
D) attitude expressions

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Self-presentation norms include all of the following, except …

A) attributional statements
B) decorum
C) modesty
D) behavioral matching

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Behaviors that conform to established standards represent …

A) modesty
B) decorum
C) behavioral matching
D) social learning

Question 5

When we avoid using social associations, or name dropping, because the situation seems to call for it, we are employing …

A) behavioral matching
B) decorum
C) self-effacement
D) modesty

Question 6

Weeping loudly in a restaurant when a friend tells us a sad story would violate …

A) modesty
B) decorum
C) behavioral matching
D) self-disclosure

Question 7

If a date boasts about a recent accomplishment and you respond by downplaying your own recent achievement, you are violating …

A) modesty
B) decorum
C) self-disclosure
D) behavioral matching

Question 8

Wegner and Erber (1992) suggest that attempting to suppress a thought in the heat of interaction may result in …

A) the thought becoming hyperaccessible to consciousness
B) behavioral matching
C) blurting out the very thought you are trying to suppress
D) A and B
E) 0

Question 9

According to impression management theory, which of the following are most easily generated?

A) dispositional attributions
B) behavioral attributions
C) situational attributions
D) social attributions

Question 10

Leakage of deceitful information via non-verbal cues is most likely during …

A) ambiguous situations
B) high-stakes situations
C) low-impact situations
D) non-social associations

Question 11

We are often able to detect deceit in self-presentation through all of the following non-verbal cues, except …

A) touch
B) body shifting
C) voice pitch
D) facial expressions

Question 12

In online dating ads, men are most likely to exaggerate their …

A) weight
B) hair type
C) height
D) hobbies

Question 13

_____________looks at the development of self-disclosure in terms of the number of topics (breadth) and the personal significance of the topics (depth)

A) social impression theory
B) social penetration theory
C) self-management theory
D) self-presentation theory

Question 14

According to social penetration theory, in troubled relationships people tend to increase _______ and decrease the _______ of topics.

A) breadth; depth
B) intimacy; depth
C) intimacy; breadth
D) superficial; depth

Question 15

The strategy by which people tend to match another's self-discolsure in terms of intimacy and valence is …

A) social penetration
B) self-disclosure reciprocity
C) evaluative intimacy
D) self-monitoring

Question 16

Evaluative intimacy involves …

A) sharing emotional information
B) sharing factual information
C) sharing attitudes
D) sharing hobbies

Question 17

Women tend to avoid intimate self-disclosure to _______ while men avoid it to ________.

A) maintain control; avoid pain and hurt
B) maintain control; avoid negative evaluations
C) avodi pain and hurt; maintain control
D) avoid negative evaluaions; avoid pain and hurt

Question 18

The disposition that compels some people to adjust their behavior to the situation to manage their public image is …

A) behavioral matching
B) self-monitoring
C) self-consciousness
D) implicit egotism

Question 19

Prior to a date coming to your apartment for the first time you clean up, light candles, and put out your coffee table book. You are employing which self-presentational strategy?

A) changes in physial environment
B) attributional statements
C) self-descriptions
D) social associations

Question 20

If a friend tells you that he or she met Chance the Rapper on a plane, the friend is employing the self-presentational tactic of …

A) changes in physical enviroment
B) attributional statements
C) self-descriptions
D) social associations

Question 21

Which of the following is not a part of self-presentation?

A) self-descriptions
B) attributional statements
C) social associations
D) misattributions

Question 22

Telling your partner ""I like rock music"" is an example of which type of self-presentation?

A) self-descriptions
B) attitude expressions
C) attributional statements
D) compliance with social norms

Question 23

Mentioning to a date that you know the owner of the restaurant is an example of which type of self-presentation?

A) changes in physical enviroment
B) compliance with social norms
C) social associations
D) attitude expressions

Question 24

The most satisfied couples move from self-enhancing forms of communication to _________ forms.

A) self-descriptions
B) self-verifying
C) attributional statements
D) self-motivating

Question 25

According to social-penetration theory, as relationships advance, self-disclosure increases in …

A) the number of topics discussed
B) the depth of topics discussed
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B

Question 26

The idea that self-disclosure and relationsions are mutually transformative means that …

A) self-disclosure increases as a new relationship develops
B) relationships develop partly as a result of increased self-disclosure
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B

Question 27

Couples on the verge of a breakup ______ the number of topics on which they self-disclose and ______ the intimacy of self-disclosure.

A) increase; increase
B) increase; decrease
C) decrease; decrease
D) decrease; increase

Question 28

Self-disclosure reciprocity refers to the theory that ...

A) people tend to match the other's self-disclosure in terms of its intimacy and valence
B) people tend to partake in behavioral matching norms in self-presentation
C) people tend to complement the other in terms of dominant and submissive personalities
D) people do not usually reciprocate in terms of self-disclsoure early in a relationship

Question 29

Through ________ people convey factual information that can .be used to form an impression

A) topical reciprocity
B) social norms
C) evaluative intimacy
D) descriptive intimacy

Question 30

Through ________ people express strong opinions and judgments that can help in being liked by the other.

A) topical reciprocity
B) social norms
C) evaluative intimacy
D) descriptive intimacy

Question 31

Through ________ people convey that they are responsive and flexible, which can lead to increases in attraction.

A) topical reciprocity
B) social norms
C) evaluative intimacy
D) descriptive intimacy

Question 32

All of the following are reasons a highly anxious person might self-disclose at a more moderate rate, except …

A) they are concerned with self-protection
B) the anxiety they overcome to self-disclose attaches added value to their self-disclosures
C) they typically have more embarrassing self-disclosures than those with low anxiety
D) they fear rejection

Question 33

Machiavellian tendencies refer to …

A) the tendency to trust someone easily and thus self-disclose easily
B) the tendency to use another's self-disclosure as a way to manipulate the relationships
C) the tendency to withhold self-disclsoure information
D) the tendency to fear rejection and thus strategically limit self-disclosure

Question 34

A person is more likely to intimately self-disclose to a stranger when …

A) a person is in a good mood
B) the stranger is physically attractive
C) the person has a low need for approval
D) all of the above

Question 35

Self-presentation is also known as …

A) self-disclosure
B) social penetration
C) impression management
D) implicit egotism

Question 36

Strategies for self-presentation include all of the following, except …

A) impression management
B) social associations
C) changes in physical environment
D) attributional statements

Question 37

Social associations, changes in physical environment, attributional statements, and self-descriptions are strategies of …

A) self-monitoring
B) self-consciousness
C) self-presentation
D) self-disclosure

Question 38

Low self-monitors are generally guided by …

A) the situation
B) other people
C) their true beliefs and feelings
D) social constraints