Suppose You Witnessed a Customer at a Local Grocery Store

question 6

Multiple Choice

Suppose you witnessed a customer at a local grocery store accidentally knock down a large display of cereal boxes,and then heard the customer say,"Where did all that wind come from?" Following Goffman,what kind of strategy would you have observed the customer using?

• A) studied nonobservance
• B) front and back stage behaviour
• C) studied observance
• D) face-saving behaviour

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