 If researchers want to learn if people prefer verification or positivity in a giving setting, they must study people with negative self-views.Although self-verification strivings tend to stabilize people's self-views, changes in self-views may still occur.Probably the most common source of change is set in motion when the social environment recognizes a significant change in a person's age (e.g., when adolescents become adults), status (e.g., when students become teachers), or social role (e.g., when someone is convicted of a crime).