Beth and Ruth Metzger Buy and Use Tide Detergent, Crest

Multiple Choice

Beth and Ruth Metzger buy and use Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste, and generic painkillers because that is what their parents did. They also always use a grocery list when shopping at the supermarket and refuse to allow their children to sell fundraising merchandise in their neighbourhoods, just as their parents did. The behaviour of the Metzger sisters is a result of which of the following factors?

A) individualization process
B) acculturation
C) socialization process
D) generic reference groups