Question

Ellen, an undergraduate, attends an end-of-semester party. The party is full of graduate and postdoctoral students discussing research they are doing and theories they are studyingIn order to make a good impression in conversation, Ellen brings up awards she has won in the past, her high grade point average, and which Ivy League schools she wants to apply to for graduate school. Ellen is engaging in ________.

a) self-deprecationb) self-promotionc) self-verificationd) self-conceptualization

Answer 1

b) Self-promotion

Step-by-step explanation:

Self-promotion is when someone tries to present himself/herself as an intelligent, successful person to impress other people and this is exacly what Ellen is trying to do by talking about the awards she has won, her point average and the schools she wants to apply for.