Author Question: Loss of status as an elderly person shows us how society: a. shapes social identity outside the ... (Read 74 times)

iveyjurea · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Loss of status as an elderly person shows us how society:

a. shapes social identity outside the choices or control of individuals.
b. values authority and experience in the community.
c. increasingly takes a hard sociobiological position on social roles.
d. protects itself against degenerative cognition and brain function.

Question 2

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild extended the work of Erving Goffman by presenting actors as not only managing outer impressions but as also managing

a. other people's impressions.
b. their physical appearance.
c. their surroundings.
d. inner feelings or emotions.