The Three Major Types of Reference Groups Are

question 28

Multiple Choice

The three major types of reference groups are:

• A)membership, aspirational, and advocacy.
• B)advocacy, avoidance, and approach.
• C)aspirational, disassociative, and membership.
• D)actual, implied, and desired.
• E)family, peer group, and media.

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Definitions:

High-Level Positions

Refers to roles or jobs within an organization that carry significant responsibility, authority, and usually higher pay.

Functional Explanation

An approach that explains social phenomena and structures by their functions and contributions to the continuation of a society or system.

Scarcity

A fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants and needs in a world of limited resources.

Functional Explanation

An approach in social sciences that explains social institutions and structures by the role they play in maintaining the stability and functionality of a society.