Sociologist Erving Goffman believed that all people “perform” their identities for the others around them. You likely perform multiple identities depending on the setting, such as a fun companion with your friends or a serious student in class. Give an example of how you perform an identity in your day-to-day life.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary, but students should touch on the effects of setting on identity performance and express how this identity is different from what they consider their core identity.

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A. The people with whom we share the strongest emotional connection have the power to hurt us in ways no one else can. B. Humans don’t want anyone to hurt them; however, they feel more powerful when they hurt someone else. C. Partners who have been hurt by someone will hurt others in future relationships first so they won’t be victims again. D. We never hurt the same person the same way twice.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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