Positive Self-Presentation: A Parsimonious Explanation of Subject Motives

The Psychological Record - Tập 31 - Trang 553-571 - 2017
Larry Christensen1
1Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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The article reviews the literature on research conducted in an attempt to validate the good, faithful, negativistic, and evaluation apprehension subject roles and demonstrates that none of these subject roles has received any degree of conclusive support. The article then postulates that the primary subject motive is one of positive self-presentation. In support of this postulated subject motive the literature relating to positive self-presentation is reviewed demonstrating that it is a motive which individuals strive to achieve. The literature focusing on subject motives is then reviewed once again demonstrating that the motive of positive self-presentation can account for the findings obtained from these studies. Finally, some implications of the positive self-presentation motive for the design of research are suggested.

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