Question

What is reference group? What are the types of reference group? Explain in detail.

Answer 1

A reference group is a group to which an individual or another group is compared. Ie: Demographic Sociologists call any group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior a reference group. Reference groups can be divided into two major types: A normative reference group influences your norms, attitudes, and values through direct interaction. ... A comparative reference group is a group of individuals whom you compare yourself against and may strive to be like.

Answer 2

Answer:

Electronegativity : It is the tendency of an atom of the element to attract the shared pair of electrons towards itself in a molecule.

Valency : It is the combining capacity of an element. It is the number of electrons lost, gained or shared during a chemical reaction.