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PSY-530 Self-Esteem and Impression Management

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Self-Esteem and Impression Management When I saw the topic of this assignment self-esteem and impression management, I was excited because my son and I were having this exact conversation. I am one ... that is big on impression management because I am a firm believer that you first impression is your last impression. That first impression at times can make you or break you. The research results on this process suggest it is well worth our effort: people who engage in impression management successfully often gain important advantages in many situations (e.g., Sharp & Getz, 1996; Wayne & Liden, 1995). Growing up I never had an issue with self-esteem. I was raised by my grandparents, and they both always told me “I was beautiful and that I can be anything I can be want to be”. My grandfather was very protective and always made me feel important. I grew up knowing the value of life, education, and family. I wasn’t raised on material things and it I felt good every day to be able to put on clothes and feel just as important as other with expensive clothes. Every day I went to school I made an impression on people with my personality Just recently went took a test last for a civil service job. I didn’t dress up completely but I decent and presentable for what I was there for. I went to take a test for a job, so I wasn’t going to put on flip-flops or have holes in my jeans. It’s OK to use impression management tactics to make a good first impression on others but be careful about overdoing it. Excessive use of these tactics will likely produce negative rather than positive results (Branscombe and Baron). Therefore, I didn’t want to be fully dressed up in slacks and hills. When you go for a face to face interview or test, it speaks volume without saying anything. While I was in high school they gave us a seminar for doing resumes and going on interviews. The speaker told us how to dress appropriate for the specific interview we were going [Show More]

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