Riya, 19, lives in Indore with her parents and studies at a local college. She has also joined a youth volunteer club. At club meetings, members from other colleges tell her about scholarships and short courses she had never heard of. Some weeks a club cleanliness drive falls on the same day as a family function, and both her parents and the club leader want her to be there. Last year Riya wrote on her own to the municipality asking for a public library and got no reply. This year sixty club members signed one request together, and the municipality agreed.
Riya feels pulled two ways when a club drive and a family function fall on the same day. Which of the following names the source of this pressure?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Competing demands and expectations of different groups
Option (1) Lowered self-worth from losing a positive social identity — Incorrect. Self-esteem is the self-worth and positive social identity a group gives. Riya is not losing her identity; she is a member of both groups at once.
Option (2) Insecurity that a person feels when alone — Incorrect. Groups reduce the insecurity people feel when alone. Riya is not alone; her problem is that two groups want her at the same time.
Option (3) Competing demands and expectations of different groups — Correct. Riya belongs to her family and the club at the same time. Each group expects her presence, so she faces competing demands and expectations, which creates pressure.
Option (4) Loss of the recognition that an important group gives — Incorrect. Status is the recognition and sense of power from belonging to a group others see as important. Nothing in the clash of dates is about recognition.
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