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hbsimmons88 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

You are new to the company, and you want your boss to see you as extremely COMPETENT. Based on your knowledge about self-presentation, which tactics would you employ?

List three specific tactics, and give a concrete example of how you would use each one.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe two of the examples provided in the textbook of interactions between the person) and the situation. What goals did they serve?

What will be an ideal response?

jaaaaaaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Tactics: self-promotion via staging performances, claiming competence, using the trappings of competence, making excuses and claiming obstacles (self-handicapping).

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Multiple audiences, appearing likable; competence checks, appearing competent; interpersonal cycle of self-promotion, appearing competent; different strategies for different audiences, conveying status and power.