Erving Goffman developed the notion of ______, which views an individual's social life as a series of dramatic performances akin to those that take place on a theatrical stage.

A. self
B. id
C. total institution
D. dramaturgy


Answer: D

Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Word-of-mouth recruitment practices among employers

a. tend to be disappearing in the United States today. b. usually help an employer achieve a racially balanced work force. c. often result in indirect institutionalized discrimination against blacks and other minority groups. d. is a major way that blacks are hired in formerly all-white workplaces.

Sociology

One point of agreement among such different social theorists as Adam Smith and Karl Marx was that the importance of __________ would diminish in the modern era as the orientation of industrial capitalism became international

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Sociology

Define two of the four types of assimilation discussed in the text

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology