Question

Barbara desperately wants to be seen as professional by her coworkers. so, every morning before work, she carefully reviews her calendar and prepares her notes. she always arrives at work on time wearing a designer suit. she makes sure to happily greet all of her coworkers but doesn't spend too much time chitchatting as other workers do. she then sits down at her desk and immediately starts working. barbara's behavior indicates that she is trying to _______.

Answer 1

Barbara's behavior is trying to employ self fulfilling prophecy in which she tries fulfill her expectations in which she wants herself to be recognized by her co-workers as a professional. This usually happens with the person's beliefs or behavior that he or she is applying or the individual's way of doing, in hopes to make his or her beliefs to come true.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is: manage her identity

Managing identity refers to the efforts made by each individuals in order to influence how other people see us along with our roles among the social group. In maslow hierarchy of needs, managing identity tend to be done as a part of the needs of love/belonging, which is the third level of the hierarchy.