Erving Goffman theorized social life as a kind of con game in which each individual works to control the impressions others have of her. What did Goffman call this process?
A) impression management
B) the existential dilemma
C) cooling the mark out
D) peer socialization
E) resocialization

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Goffman called the process of controlling the impressions others have of us "impression management."

Erving Goffman Theorized Social Life as a Kind of Con