· 2023· Book chapter
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
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Short summary
Individuals actively manage the impressions they make on others by presenting a 'front' that implies their roles and actions should be taken seriously.
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Key points
- Individuals manage impressions through deliberate or unconscious use of 'front'.
- The 'front' consists of expressive equipment that highlights an individual's apparent attributes.
- Social performances request observers to take the presented character and actions seriously.
- Activity must be mobilized to express intended meanings during interactions.
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Abstract
When an individual plays a part he implicitly requests his observers to take seriously the impression that is fostered before them. They are asked to believe that the character they see actually possesses the attributes he appears to possess, that the task he performs will have the consequences that are implicitly claimed for it, and that, in general, matters are what they appear to be. Front is expressive equipment of a standard kind intentionally or unwittingly employed by the individual during his performance. For preliminary purposes, it will be convenient to distinguish and label what seem to be the standard parts of front. While in the presence of others, the individual typically infuses his activity with signs which dramatically highlight and portray confirmatory facts that might otherwise remain unapparent or obscure. For if the individual’s activity is to become significant to others, he must mobilize his activity so that it will express during the interaction what he wishes to convey.
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Field: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychology