Ritika, Anwar, Joseph and Meena live in the same housing colony in Pune and take the same school bus every day. They find that all four love cricket, and soon they start a weekend cricket coaching club for the younger children of the colony. In the club, Anwar usually fixes the practice schedule and Meena keeps the accounts. Joseph, the best batsman, is looked up to by the others. Children who join later soon pick up these arrangements.
Which of the following statements about the cricket club are correct?
(A) Meena keeping the accounts shows a regularity in the responsibilities assigned to members.
(B) Joseph being looked up to shows the prestige or relative status of a member.
(C) The club's arrangements were fixed before the members began to interact.
(D) The club's settled arrangements show groupthink, in which concern for unanimity overrides realistic appraisal.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A and B only
(A) Meena keeping the accounts shows a regularity in the responsibilities assigned to members. — Correct. Meena's regular duty is one of the responsibilities assigned to members, a regularity of group structure.
(B) Joseph being looked up to shows the prestige or relative status of a member. — Correct. The standing the others give Joseph is the prestige or relative status of a member, another regularity of structure.
(C) The club's arrangements were fixed before the members began to interact. — Incorrect. Group structure develops as members interact; it is not fixed before. The arrangements grew out of running the club together.
(D) The club's settled arrangements show groupthink, in which concern for unanimity overrides realistic appraisal. — Incorrect. Groupthink is about a cohesive group making uncritical decisions to keep unanimity. A settled division of work and status is group structure.
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