Self-enhancement motivates people to present an enhanced positive self-image. Self-verification, on the other hand, drives people to verify or to maintain stability of their pre-existing self-views. So that first one is about presenting this enhanced view and seeing whether people like it. And the other is maintaining how you feel about yourself now and making sure that you continue to be validated for that.
This week we discuss the psychology of social media: how it controls our behaviours, social comparison and the what makes tiktok so addictive.
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