Patty Doesn't Want to Hang Around with People from the Other

question 146

Multiple Choice

Patty doesn't want to hang around with people from the other side of town because she says they are "weird." Patty's behavior best reflects the concept involved in:

• A) ethnocentrism
• B) self-efficacy
• C) normative age-graded influences
• D) normative history-graded influences

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