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self monitoring
You are a different person in different rooms.
Research by Mark Snyder in 1974 found that individuals possess distinct levels of self-monitoring, where some constantly adapt their persona to fit the situation.
High self-monitors observe and regulate their behavior to suit the social context, while low self-monitors behave consistently across settings. This internal variance dictates how much you adjust your personality to match your environment.
Your personality is more flexible than you likely admit to yourself.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Mark Snyder, 1974, Self-monitoring of expressive behavior
- What the check found
- The citation and the described effect are accurate; Mark Snyder's 1974 paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology is the foundational text for the self-monitoring construct.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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