For Goffman, the Essence of the Self Is Found Not

question 29

Multiple Choice

For Goffman, the essence of the self is found not in the interior, cognitive deliberations of the interaction as ___________ believed it to be.

• A) Emile Durkheim
• B) Max Weber
• C) George Herbert Mead
• D) Georg Simmel

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Definitions:

Implicit Personality Theory

Your unique set of beliefs and hypotheses about what people are like.

Impression Formation Theory

Theory that explains how you develop perceptions about people and how you maintain and use those perceptions to interpret their behaviors.

Correspondence Inference Theory

A psychological theory that explains how and why people draw inferences about the dispositional attributes of others based on observed behavior and its consequences.

Self-Serving Bias

Tendency to perceive our own behavior as more positive than others’ behavior.