Camryn is a senior at the local university and plans to go to graduate school to become a sociologist. During her last semester, she has been using graduate sociology student papers as standards in evaluating her own writing skills. For Camryn, the graduate sociology students have become her __________.

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A reference group is a group of people with whom an individual compares themselves to, with regards to specific behaviors, attitudes, or beliefs. In this case, Camryn is using the graduate sociology students as a reference group to evaluate and improve her writing skills.

Camryn Is a Senior at the Local University and Plans