Question 1

Cooling out primarily involves relaxing after an embarrassing incident.

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Cooling out refers to a sociological process of gently persuading someone to lower their expectations or accept a less desirable outcome, often to avoid embarrassment or conflict, rather than simply relaxing after an embarrassing incident.

Question 2

Discuss how the meanings of body weight,shape,and size vary across time and culture.

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Question 3

Using the dramaturgical perspective,analyze a first date,beginning with the individuals getting ready at their homes.Be sure to use at least three dramaturgical terms or concepts in your answer.

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Question 4

Drawing on what you have read in the text,define stigma.

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Question 5

Using the dramaturgical perspective,describe embarrassment.Include one example of an embarrassing moment in a social interaction and a possible repair or remedy.

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Question 6

What,according to the dramaturgical perspective,is a "performance team"? Provide an illustration or example of this.

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Question 7

Describe how organizations deal with crises.What are some possible collective impression management techniques that might be employed by a restaurant chain if faced with a situation such as a food poisoning outbreak? What factors might affect the success of these techniques?

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Question 8

What danger can a third party pose to a couple's impression management? Provide an example of this threat and the possible consequences.

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Question 9

A businessman accidentally spills his drink all over the expensive clothes of his supervisor.She is annoyed and angry.Who is responsible for restoring social order in this case? How might he go about doing this?

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Question 10

Identify Goffman's three types of stigma.For each type,describe one "management" technique that stigmatized individuals might use.

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Quiz 6: Supporting Identity: the Presentation of Self