Maria's friend posted an unflattering and unprofessional picture of her on Facebook. Maria was embarrassed and quickly took it down because she is friends with many of her coworkers on Facebook. This is an example of:
A) impression management.
B) social role management.
C) controlled alertness.
D) interactional vandalism.

Question

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Maria was engaging in impression management by quickly retracting the unflattering picture because she did not want to create a negative impression of herself among her coworkers. Social role management and controlled alertness do not fully capture the situation, and interactional vandalism implies intentional harm, which may not be the case here.

Maria's Friend Posted an Unflattering and Unprofessional Picture of Her