In large urban areas,people know how to establish private zones of solitude even in crowds.Erving Goffman analyzes this as an instance of socialization called:
A) Turing testing.
B) civil inattention.
C) total institution.
D) generalized other.

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Civil inattention is a term used by Erving Goffman to describe the way in which people in urban areas maintain a respectful distance from others in public spaces, allowing for private zones of solitude even in crowds. It is a form of socialization that enables individuals to coexist peacefully in densely populated environments. Neither A, C nor D accurately describe this concept.

In Large Urban Areas,people Know How to Establish Private Zones