The way we would greet a potential boss and try to impress her/him by discussing ideas of ethics and company loyalty illustrates which aspect of Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective?

A. condition of interaction
B. negative face
C. backstage behaviors
D. front-stage behaviors


D. front-stage behaviors

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A) utility B) affirmation C) ego support D) stimulation

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Donna takes an exam and doesn't think she did well. When the teacher returns the exam,

Donna mistakenly thinks the "A" at the top of the paper is an "F." Her misperception is due primarily to A. selective distortion. B. paying attention to two stimuli at once. C. multi-tasking. D. laws of organization.

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Adding "et cetera" to their messages helps speakers to avoid __________.

A. allness B. fact-inference confusion C. extensional orientation D. indiscrimination

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Universal released a "director's cut" of Orson Welles's ________ in 1998, basing the changes to the original release on notes outlined by the director in a detailed memo written to the studio written before the film's original release

A) Psycho B) Touch of Evil C) American Graffiti D) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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