According to Ervin Goffman, What Do We Conceal from Others

question 75

Multiple Choice

According to Ervin Goffman, what do we conceal from others? Select all, but only those that apply.

• A) Secret pleasures
• B) Errors and steps to correct those errors
• C) The process to create end products, especially the "dirty work"
• D) Sliding standards to that enable other standards to rise
• E) Insults and humiliations

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Definitions:

Implicit Memory

This is a type of long-term memory that enables people to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

Echoic Memory

A subcategory of sensory memory that specifically stores auditory information, allowing sounds to be retained for brief periods following the cessation of auditory stimuli.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it allows the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Short-Term Memory

The capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in the mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.