Amanda Is a Relationship Therapist and Usually Indulges in Gossip

question 33

Multiple Choice

Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her personal cabin to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the _____.

• A) black box
• B) back stage
• C) front zone
• D) red zone
• E) staging area

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