Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Direct contact during conversation is a cultural norm for most people in the United States.
2. Undifferentiated is the term for a person whose sex cannot be determined at birth.
3. Everything we believe about ourselves is part of our self-concept.
4. We rely on specialized others to help develop self-awareness.
5. Sociologist Erving Goffman saw our identity as a mask.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False

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