Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Voluntary membership groups are those to which people consciously choose to belong, including political affiliation and religion, among others.
2. An out-group is a group whose attributes are dissimilar from those of the in-group, or that opposes the accomplishment of the in-group’s goals.
3. Usually, though not necessarily, voluntary membership in-groups serve as positive reference groups.
4. Roles prescribe with whom, about what, and how to interact with others.
5. Many individualistic, low-context, and small power distance cultures possess a relatively strict hierarchical role stratification.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False

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