Patterns of behavior that are widely approved but are expected to change periodically are known as ____

a. fads
b. fashions
c. rumors
d. panic
e. mass hysteria


B

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A) ?institutionalized goals B) ?institutionalized results C) ?cultural strains D) cultural means? E) cultural goals

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Goffman studied embarrassment as less than an inner emotional state and more for what it contributes to the flow of __________.

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