What term does Sociologist Erving Goffman use to describe the way we alter our behaviors, appearance, and manners to shape others' impressions of who we are?

a. "Actor.".
b. "Impersonation
c. "Ego.".
d. "Identity management.".


d. Identity management is the process of altering our own behaviors to shape
others' impressions of who we are.

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