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  A.Reconstitution B.Projection  C.Protective practices Or  D. Defensive practices

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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 
A.Reconstitution
B.Projection 
C.Protective practices
Or 
D. Defensive practices

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Erving Goffman is Canadian sociologuts and psycholist born in 11 June 1922 and died on 19 November 1982. His famous work was the presnetion of self in every day life, where he uses the social interationists perspective in order to bring out the communication in relation to the sical setting which might be frontstage or back stage in a dramaturgical performance. Thus symbolic interaction through dramaturgy is the core of Goffman's theory and we will discuss in retaion to that in this anwer.

 

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