| Abstract: | In Exp I (88 undergraduates), a paradigm was developed to examine how Ss responded to conflicts arising from attempts to make favorable impressions on themselves and others by making decisions about the division of a reward. It was found that divergent self-presentational concerns conflicted when Ss who were made self-aware allocated reward to competing workers while anticipating interaction with the low-input recipient. Exp II, with 112 high and low self-conscious Ss (determined by the Self-Consciousness Scale), found that resolution of conflict was influenced by the combined impact of manipulations of self-awareness and dispositional differences in self-consciousness. High private-self-conscious Ss who were made self-aware distributed reward in accordance with the personally salient equity standard; high public-self-conscious Ss who were not made self-aware attempted to make a favorable impression on the low-input recipient by dividing the pay equally. The salience of intrapersonal and social standards as vehicles of self-presentation is discussed with respect to their implications for distributive justice. (49 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
