Question

Amanda is in junior high and begged her mother to buy her a certain brand of athletic shoe that all the "cool" kids in school were wearing. She thought that if she had those shoes, she would be accepted as one of them. To Amanda, these other students in school that she wants to be associated with represent a(n) _____.

Answer 1

A clique, is probably the answer you are looking for, a tightly knit group of people that one must fall under specific categories to achieve access into a group.