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self-verification theory  

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  • The self-verification theory proposes that people want others to see them as they see themselves. For example, just as those who see themselves as relatively extraverted want others to see them as extraverted, so too do those who see themselves as relatively introverted want others to recognize them as introverts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Self-Verification Theory]

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