Public image evaluation exercise provides students with ideal images they hold themselves, the actions that they do, to pass on these images, and the benefits and costs of such behavior for themselves and for others. Social psychologists call this process impression management. While managing other impressions of us is a natural part of life - and there are good, practical reasons for image-related, we present other - problems arise when people due to concerns about other assessments of them. When the goal of checking the image at a time, it becomes more important than the others, the task or mission of the group, it becomes difficult to learn to take risks and experiment. "Hide
by Robin J. Ely Source: Exercises 5 pages. Publication Date: December 13, 2004. Prod. #: 405057-PDF-ENG
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