Employing the self-presentation tactic


1. If Sandra tells you that she met up Michael Jordon on an airplane, she would be: employing the self-presentation tactic of:

a. Changes in physical environment

b. Attributional statements

c. Self-descriptions

d. Social associations

2. A new dating partner declines an invitation to a matinee by telling you that he/she is busy that day serving lunch in soup kitchen in the hopes that you will think he/she has a host of positive qualities, he/she is are employing the self-presentation tactic of:

a. Changes in physical environment

b. Attributional statements

c. Social associations

d. Self-descriptions

3. If a date boasts regarding a recent accomplishment and you respond by downplaying your own recent achievements, you are violating:

a. Modesty

b. Decorum

c. Self-disclosure

d. Behavioral matching

4. Francine, who is married to Harold, believes she contributes more than Harold to the relationship. Both work full-time and have approximately the same income; however, Francine does nearly all the housework. What is most likely to be the case?

a. Harold and Francine will experience equal amounts of distress about the situation.

b. Harold and Francine will both experience anger.

c. Francine will experience frustration.

d. Harold will suggest a separation.

5. Stanley supports Meredith during medical school with the expectation that she will be the primary family breadwinner in the future. This is an example of:

a. an exchange relationship

b. a communal relationship

c. equity theory

d.Thibaut and Kelley model

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