Example

Barrier to Perception

You are interviewing Trung Chinh for a job. When he walks in the door, you notice that he has a cell phone cover embossed with the Stanford logo$.$ You know that Stanford is a good school, and you base your judgement of Trung Chinh on that fact, not on what he tells you later in the interview.

Maggie was meeting her blind date, Tom, at the local movie theater. Unfortunately, Tom was wearing a cowboy hat, and Maggie hates distinctive clothing of any kind. As a result, she didn$$t listen to much of what Tom said during the evening, and she doesn$$t know that Tom loves puppies, off$-$road vehicles, and Thai food, just as Maggie does.

Balkrishna just started swimming lessons last week. After taking one look at her, Balkrishna$$s teacher was convinced that she had the perfect body for swimming, long and lean. And sure enough, six months later, Balkrishna was swimming better than anyone in her class.

Use your knowledge of the barriers to perception to complete the following sentence.

Which of the following are other$-$enhancing techniques of impression management? Check all that apply.

Telling your marketing team about your past successes in marketing endeavors

Doing your manager a favor by picking up his child from daycare

Mentioning the fact that you talked with the company$$s CEO last week, who agreed with your decision to start a new project on automated radiation therapy

Agreeing with your best friend that skateboarding really is the coolest sport ever