A person does poorly on a college chemistry test and later tells a friend "The exam wasn't fair! There were trick s and it covered material that we weren't assigned! "This is an example of______________?
Correct answer: A. face-work
- A. face-work
- B. reverse socialization
- C. studied nonobservance
- D. anticipatory socialization
Explanation
The student gives excuses to protect a favourable social image after performing poorly, which is face-work in Goffman’s dramaturgical theory. The other options concern forms of socialisation rather than repairing one’s social face.
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