According to Erving Goffman, when people interact with others they are trying to gather information in order to understand what the nature of the interaction is so they will know how to act.   True   False   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 the person.   True  False   According to Goffman, unlike impressions one "gives," which are the things people explicitly say, the impressions one "gives off" are the indirect signals people convey about their feelings.   True  False     Following the 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.   True  False   According to Goffman, when a person tries to protect the image that he projected of himself in a social interaction, it is called  Reconstitution projection protective practices defensive practices

Social Psychology (10th Edition)
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Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology
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According to Erving Goffman, when people interact with others they are trying to gather information in order to understand what the nature of the interaction is so they will know how to act.

  True

  False

 

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 the person. 

 True

 False

 

According to Goffman, unlike impressions one "gives," which are the things people explicitly say, the impressions one "gives off" are the indirect signals people convey about their feelings. 

 True

 False

 

 

Following the 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. 

 True

 False

 

According to Goffman, when a person tries to protect the image that he projected of himself in a social interaction, it is called 

Reconstitution

projection

protective practices

defensive practices

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