Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, which postulates that people present certain aspects of their personalities while obscuring other aspects, is a derivative of what major theoretical perspective?

a. the functionalist perspective
b. the conflict perspective
c. the feminist perspective
d. the interactionist perspective


Ans: d. the interactionist perspective

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