Question

As children at risk become adolescents, some of them will find themselves engagedin what Goffman referred to as _____ or places where routine degradation processesare the norm for stripping away individualism in order for conformity, compliance, andaltruism to flourish.A. partial institutionsB. state institutionsC. social institutionsD. total institutions

Answer 1

Answer:

D. total institutions                              

Explanation:

Total institution: In sociology, the concept of the total institution was introduced by a famous sociologist named Erving Goffman.

According to Goffman, a total institution is referred to as a particular place of residence and work whereby a large number of individuals who are situated similarly tends to cut off from a specific wider community for a particular time period and therefore lead an enclosed life together and administer life.

In the question above, the given statement represents the total institution.