Do people know what kinds of impressions they convey to other people during particular social interactions? In a study designed to answer this question, subjects interacted individually with three partners on each of four different tasks. After each interaction, participants reported their impressions of the other person's likability and competence. They also postdicted the impressions they believed they conveyed to the other person along the same dimensions. Accuracy was computed as recommended by Cronbach (1955) and by Kenny's (1981) Social Relations Model. Subjects could tell to a significant degree how the impressions they conveyed to their partners changed over time (time accuracy) and how they changed over time in different ways with different partners (differential accuracy). They could also tell how their competence was differentially perceived by different partners (dyadic accuracy). However, they were not very accurate at discerning which partners perceived them as most competent or most likable across all interactions (person accuracy). Subjects believed that they conveyed similar impressions of themselves to all of their partners, although actually partners evidenced little agreement with each other in their impressions of a given subject. The implications of these findings for symbolic-interactionist theories of the development of the self and impression-management perspectives on social behavior are described.

Humans↗

PubMed1986

Nocturnal hypoxemia and neuropsychological deficits in men who snore.

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Adult↗

PubMed1985

Emergency management of tracheal rupture.

We have described a patient in whom tracheal rupture occurred during prolonged mechanical ventilation. Appropriate intensive respiratory care management, including the use of the minimal leak technique, was used. Our patient unfortunately had nearly every known predisposing factor for tracheal damage.

Adult↗

PubMed1985

Effects of systemic corticosteroids on post-cryosurgical edema and other manifestations of the inflammatory response.

Severe edema can occur after cryosurgical treatment of malignant lesions on the eyelids and periorbital area. In a study of 134 patients, it was found that a short course of systemic steroids was able to reduce the severity of post-cryosurgical edema. This can be beneficial for patients in whom periorbital edema can be expected to occur.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗

PubMed1978