Bob Is Somewhat of a Loner in High School

question 10

Multiple Choice

Bob is somewhat of a loner in high school. He really despises the school "jocks" who seem to be involved in every sport. He doesn't want anything to do with them or be like them in any way. To Bob, the group of students who represent the school athletes is a(n) _____.

• A) primary reference group
• B) secondary reference group
• C) dissociative reference group
• D) aspiration reference group
• E) unattractive reference group

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Definitions:

Nationalistic Differences

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Post-Marxian Theory

Intellectual frameworks and critiques that evolve from or react to Marxist theory, while diverging in methods or goals.

Neo-Marxian Theory

A modern reinterpretation of Marxist thought, focusing on issues of culture, ideology, and power, and expanding on classical Marxist analysis of economic structures and class struggle.

Poststructuralism

An intellectual movement critical of the universalizing tendencies of structuralism, emphasizing the fluidity of meaning and the importance of power relations in the production of knowledge and social identities.