Self & Impression Management Concept Quiz

This kind of impression management strategy includes examples such as: mentioning your great educational background; hanging your certificates or diplomas on the wall; or establishing charisma by taking charge. A. credibility strategies B. politeness strategies C. self-monitoring strategies D. image-confirming strategies

A. credibility strategies

Which self represents all that you know of yourself but that you keep to yourself? A. Blind B. Hidden C. Open D. Unknown

B. Hidden

Which self represents all the things that characterize you and that both you and others know about you? A. Hidden B. Open C. Social D. Blind

B. Open

Which of the following is healthy for your self-esteem? A. Seek out confused people. B. Seek out nourishing people. C. Seek out sad people. D. Seek out negative people.

B. Seek out nourishing people.

The process you go through to create the impression you want the other person to have for you is called... A. growing in self-awareness B. impression management. C. self-fulfilling prophecy D. impression formation.

B. impression management.

Self-disclosure is a way of... A. increasing self-awareness. B. revealing the hidden self. C. increasing self-acceptance. D. boring other people.

B. revealing the hidden self.

This kind of impression management strategy includes examples such as: going out and partying the night before an exam so you can blame failure on the party instead of your knowledge or intelligence; give excuses for failure such as blaming someone else, or circumstances such as technology, illness when you really have put things off until the last minute. A. influencing strategies B. self-handicapping strategies C. image-confirming strategies D. credibility strategies

B. self-handicapping strategies

This kind of impression management strategy includes examples such as: communicating interest in the other person; be of help to the other person; encourage the other person to talk about him/herself. A. image-confirming strategies B. influencing strategies C. affinity-seeking strategies D. self-handicapping strategies

C. affinity-seeking strategies

This kind of impression management strategy includes examples such as: avoiding our normal slang so as to make your colleagues think more highly of you; or avoiding posting the photos from the last party. A. politeness strategies B. credibility strategies C. self-monitoring strategies D. self-deprecating strategies

C. self-monitoring strategies

The Johari window has four quadrants containing four different selves. They are... A. hidden, blind, social, open. B. open, hidden, unknown, social. C. unknown, blind, hidden, open. D. unknown, social, blind, aware

C. unknown, blind, hidden, open.

Which self represents all the things about yourself that others know but of which you are ignorant? A. Hidden B. Open C. Unknown D. Blind

D. Blind

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the sources for the development of your self-concept? A. Comparisons you make between yourself and others B. Self-evaluation C. Other's images of you D. Outside evaluations

D. Outside evaluations

Which self represents truths that exist but that neither you nor others know? A. Blind B. Social C. Hidden D. Unknown

D. Unknown

When we make a request or ask for a favor from another person and instead of saying "You have to help me out with covering my shift" we say, "If it isn't possible, I understand, but I really would like your help...would you be able to cover my shift Friday night?" YOU are employing... A. affinity seeking strategies B. influencing strategies C. positive face D. negative politeness

D. negative politeness

To increase self-esteem, do all of the following EXCEPT: A. work on projects that will result in success. B. tell yourself that you're a success and other people like you. C. replace self-destructive beliefs with productive beliefs. D. seek out noxious (toxic) people.

D. seek out noxious (toxic) people.