Hayashi Self presentation Story (IMAGE) Kobe University Caption When being praised, people may respond with self-enhancing or self-deprecating statements to manipulate how others perceive them. Kobe University and University of Sussex researchers presented elementary school children and adults with four different scenarios and asked them how the other person would evaluate the protagonist’s ability and character, to find out how the evaluation of self-presentation develops as children grow up. This figure is one example of two scenarios in which the protagonist is a girl and the other person is a boy. For the other two scenarios, the genders were switched. Credit HAYASHI Hajimu Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. License CC BY Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.