Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her private office to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the .

- Back stage.

Explanation:

As per the given description, Amanda would be considered in the 'backstage' as per Erving Goffman, the famous social psychologist. He described 'backstage' behavior as the behavior when there's no audience available to judge their behavior and individuals are completely liberated to reflect their 'true selves' without any kind of inhibition. Therefore, the 'informal chat' and discussion about the new clients between the secretary and Amanda reflect that she(Amanda) is in 'backstage' as she is not inhibiting her 'true self' without any restriction and not 'casting off' anything.

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