Define what Erving Goffman meant by the “front region/back region” aspect of social performance.

What will be an ideal response?


According to Goffman, the front region or “front stage” is where your professional, formal self is presented or performed. Your back region or “back stage” self is the one more familiar to your close friends and family, where you interact with others with fewer concerns about social expectations.

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Participation in decision making can reduce role conflict and __________________, two major workplace stressors.  

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The favorite American movies of Josef Stalin were gangster movies

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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It is a good idea to include a lawyer on an organization's crisis management team

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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When it is necessary in a speech to explain a term that the audience might not

understand, you should look in a dictionary such as Webster's for a. a definition by classification. b. an operational definition. c. an original definition. d. an analogical definition.

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