Multiple Choice
Jocelyn is a senior at the local university and plans to attend graduate school to study sociology. During her last semester, she has been using graduate sociology student papers as standards in evaluating her own writing skills. For Jocelyn, the graduate sociology students have become her____________ .
A) outgroup
B) significant others
C) primary group
D) reference group
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