On the Perceived Intentionality of Self-Enhancement
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2-2016
Publication Source
Journal of Social Psychology
Volume Number
156
Issue Number
1
First Page
28
Last Page
42
ISSN
0022-4545
Abstract
Two experiments examined the inferential consequences of perceived intentionality in self-enhancement (enhancing self-presentation). Participants evaluated a fictitious target who self-enhanced either intentionally or unintentionally. They perceived the target as more immoral and unintelligent, but as equally unfriendly, when the target self-enhanced intentionally (vs. unintentionally). They also perceived the target as more immoral, unintelligent, and unfriendly when the target self-enhanced (either intentionally or unintentionally) rather than self-presented accurately. Intentionality of self-enhancement elicits negative interpersonal evaluations.
Keywords
Behavior, Benefits, Competence, Impression-formation, Impressions, Intentionality, Management, Modesty, Others, Presentations, Promotion, Self-enhancement, Self-presentation, Traits
Recommended Citation
Mastren, Tara, Aranh Pen, Shaun Loveless, Bernadette V. Marquez, Elizabeth Bollinger, Boone Marois, Nicholas Hubley, et al. “Harvesting Cu-67 from the Collection of a Secondary Beam Cocktail at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.” Analytical Chemistry 87, no. 20 (October 20, 2015): 10323–29. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02322.
