doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-4634-3_4

Paper Title

Self-Presentation Theory: Self-Construction and Audience Pleasing

Authors

Roy F. Baumeister

Debra G Hutton

Keywords

Self-Presentation Theory
Self-Construction
Audience Pleasing
Self-Presentation Motivation
Human Behavior
Social Influence
Situational Factors
Evaluative Presence
Audience Perception
Image Management
Social Psychology
Self-Presentation Strategies
Social Identity
Self-Image
Social Approval
Impression Management

Article Type

Book review

Journal

Theories of Group Behavior. Springer Series in Social Psychology

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DOI

10.1007/978-1-4612-4634-3_4

Published On

March, 2025

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Abstract

Self-presentation is behavior that attempts to convey some information about oneself or some image of oneself to other people. It denotes a class of motivations in human behavior. These motivations are in part stable dispositions of individuals but they depend on situational factors to elicit them. Specifically, self-presentational motivations are activated by the evaluative presence of other people and by others’ (even potential) knowledge of one’s behavior.