Psychological impression-management scholarship examines motives and practices involved in influencing how others perceive the self. Leary and Kowalski distinguish motivation from construction of impressions. This later development complements Goffman’s interactional sociology while retaining a different analytic level, and it does not make all self-presentation deceptive.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitAnalytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
- DomainConversation & Relationships
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.