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Types
Self-monitoring can be divided into two types:
- Acquisitive: This type of self-monitoring is to acquire attention and approval from others. It involves assessing the reactions of others and altering behavior in a way designed to help the person fit in or to garner attention, status, or power.
- Protective: This type of self-monitoring is intended to protect the individual from the disapproval of others. People will monitor the situation and reactions and then modify their own behavior in a way that will be approved by the group. The goal of this is to prevent embarrassment and rejection by others.
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Signs
While people tend to be high or low self-monitoring in general, self-monitoring may also vary depending on the situation.
Some signs of self-monitoring include:
- Saying things at social gatherings to garner attention or approval from others
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Using self-monitoring to change behaviour
If you want to use self-monitoring to change your behaviors, there are things that you can do to identify, measure, and evaluate your own behaviors:
- identify a target behavior: Pick a specific behavior that you want to monitor and change.
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What is self-monitoring
Self-monitoring is a personality trait that involves the ability to monitor and regulate self-presentations, emotions, and behaviors in response to social environments and situations.
- It involves being aware of your behavior and the impact it has on your environmen...
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Uses for self monitoring
Self-monitoring is something that people tend to do naturally, but it is also something that you can work on applying to different situations.
Some ways that it may be useful include:
- Changing a specific behavior
- Improving s...
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Impact of self-monitoring
High-self monitors are good at adapting to the situation and getting along with others.
- people may self-monitor because of social anxiety, and feel more self-conscious
- For people who have...
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