Although Mackenzie is generally loud and obnoxious around her friends, she tends to be more reserved and polite around her friends' parents. Overall, Mackenzie sees herself as an outgoing person. Although Mackenzie's behavior varies across situations, her __________, or core characteristic, doesn't change.

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Mackenzie's behavior may vary across situations, but her core characteristic or self-concept remains constant. This is a characteristic of a self-schema, which is a cognitive structure that organizes information about the self and influences how we perceive and remember information relevant to the self. Self-perception, self-presentation, and self-monitoring involve different aspects of how individuals manage their self-representations, but they do not refer to a stable core characteristic like a self-schema.

Although Mackenzie Is Generally Loud and Obnoxious Around Her Friends