A Reference Group That a Person Wishes to Be a Member

question 22

Multiple Choice

A reference group that a person wishes to be a member of or wishes to be identified with is referred to as ________ group.

• A) a preference
• B) an associative
• C) an aspiration
• D) an assimilation
• E) an integrated

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon where an individual experiences a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition after receiving a placebo or inactive treatment.

Double-blind Experiment

A double-blind experiment is a research design in which both the participants and the experimenters are unaware of who is receiving the treatment or control, to prevent bias.

Statistically Significant

A determination that an observed effect is unlikely to have occurred by chance, based on a predetermined significance level.

Dependent Variable

The variable that is the subject’s response to, and dependent on, the level of the manipulated independent variable.