1.According to Erving Goffman, when people interact with others they trying to gather information in order to understand with the nature of interaction is so they know how to act A.TRUE  B. FALSE  2. According to Goffman if people are interacting with someone they haven't met before, they will use information they have about others like that person, in other words, stereotypes, to help them decide how to respond to that person  A.TRUE  B. FALSE  3. According to Goffman, unlike impressions one “gives", which are the things people explicitly say, the impression one “gives off" are the indirect signals people convey about their feelings A.TRUE  B. FALSE

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1.According to Erving Goffman, when people interact with others they trying to gather information in order to understand with the nature of interaction is so they know how to act
A.TRUE 
B. FALSE 


2. According to Goffman if people are interacting with someone they haven't met before, they will use information they have about others like that person, in other words, stereotypes, to help them decide how to respond to that person 
A.TRUE 
B. FALSE 


3. According to Goffman, unlike impressions one “gives", which are the things people explicitly say, the impression one “gives off" are the indirect signals people convey about their feelings
A.TRUE 
B. FALSE 


4. Following logic of the scenario Goffman describes of the girl in the dormitory, a guy may walk around carrying a thick book to give the impression he is smart?
A.TRUE 
B. FALSE 


5. According to Goffman, when a person tries to protect the image that he projected of himself in a social interaction, it is called pick one
Reconstitution
Projection 
Protective practices
Or 
Defensive practices

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