Everyone belongs to groups defined by gender, race, age and:
AA favourite colour
BA chosen username
CA social economic one
DA preferred hobby
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A social economic one
1. Group membership is not something a person opts into or out of freely.
2. We all belong to a gender, race, age, and social economic group.
3. Those memberships define in-groups and out-groups.
4. The in-group is the one a person identifies with, and the out-group is the other.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 'Social Psychology', sections 12.1-12.5_
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