Which one of the following is true about reference groups?
a. A person has to be a member of the reference group for the group to matter.
b. A group to which someone once belonged cannot be a reference group.
c. People use the standards of a reference group to evaluate themselves.
d. A group to which someone hopes to belong cannot be a reference group.
c
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A) tribal B) urban C) rural D) industrial
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A. safe effective dose of a drug. B. therapeutic index of a drug. C. point at which the dose of a drug causes maximal response. D. lowest dose at which there is an observable effect of a drug.
Supporters of _____ argue that states have "dummied down standards" and that students should be held to a higher expectation
a. federal control of schools b. local control of schools c. No Child Left Behind d. the Common Core
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A. President Bush owned an oil company B. Vice-President Cheney was head of Halliburton, an oil company C. Condoleezza Rice was on Chevron's board of directors for a decade D. all the above