John tells vulgar jokes with his buddies all the time and he often makes up stories about his ex life that he believes are funny. However, when John is with his mother he is the exact opposite, often critical of others who make such jokes or tell such stories around his mother. What is John's behavior an example of.

Impression management.

Explanation:

Impression management refers to the mechanism in which people try to influence other people's perceptions about an individual, entity, or event by regulating and manipulating social interaction information. It is also explained self-presentation and the idea goes on to explain that we are trying to bring the perception into line with our aims.