You are new woman in a sorority and you are interested in displaying your status and power to impress other members. Based on your knowledge about self-presentation, which tactics would you employ?

List three specific tactics, and give a concrete example of how you would use each one.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Possible tactics: displaying the artifacts of status and power; conspicuous consumption; personal associations (BIRGing and CORFing); and using nonverbal expressions and behaviors.

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