Jocelyn Is a Senior at the Local University and Plans

question 103

Multiple Choice

Jocelyn is a senior at the local university and plans to go to graduate school in sociology. During her last semester, she has been using graduate sociology student papers as standards in evaluating her own writing skills. For Jocelyn, the graduate sociology students have become her __________.

• A) ​outgroup
• B) ​significant others
• C) ​primary group
• D) ​reference group

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