Pablo Comes from a Low-Income Family, but He Worked Hard

Multiple Choice

Pablo comes from a low-income family, but he worked hard in school and earned a full scholarship to Stanford University. Pablo is worried that his peers and professors will recognize his background and treat him differently, so he wears new clothes and attempts to hide his accent on the first day of classes. When Pablo goes home for the weekend, he leaves his new clothes behind in his dorm and does not mask his accent. Which sociological concept best explains Pablo's behavior and interactions with others?

A) the looking-glass self
B) impression management
C) the dual nature of the self
D) psychoanalysis