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dakota nelson

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The text observes that reference groups allow us to evaluate how well we are living up to our role expectations in comparison with other people around us. This is referred to as the __________ function.
 
  a. out-group
  b. comparative
  c. normative
  d. relational

Question 2

When a person studies the way the members of the local country club act, imitates them and judges his/her behavior in comparison to theirs, the country club may be described as a/an:
 
  a. outsider group
  b. authority group.
  c. comparative
  d. in-group


chjcharjto14

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

a


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