What Do We Call Groups That Are Used as Standards

question 130

Multiple Choice

What do we call groups that are used as standards to evaluate ourselves positively, in terms of the qualities we aspire to achieve, or negatively, in terms of the qualities we wish to avoid?

• A) reference groups
• B) out-groups
• C) in-groups
• D) networks

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Definitions:

Cardiac Cycle

The sequence of events in the heart from one heartbeat to the next, including systole and diastole.

Systolic Cycle

The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries, raising arterial blood pressure.

Diastolic Cycle

The phase of the heart cycle during which the heart muscles relax and the chambers of the heart fill with blood.

Korotkoff Phase

Sounds heard over an artery when blood pressure is measured, used to identify systolic and diastolic pressures.