Individuals who live in Virginia sometimes come to think of themselves as Virginians, and they also recognize people who live outside of Virginia are not Virginians. Their tendency to define themselves as members of this social category is known as a

  a.  social identity.
  b.  social tie.
  c.  categorical imperative.
  d.  network association.
  e.  shared nexus.


  a.  social identity.

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