According to the Sherifs’ studies of cohesion conducted with young boys attending summer camps?
a. Liking between individual members causes cohesion, rather than cohesion causing liking between members.
b. Groups that engage in positive, enjoyable activities tend to become cohesive.
c. A group, to become cohesion, must sometimes ostracize the least-liked members.
d. Highly stratified groups are more cohesive than groups with reciprocal, overlapping attraction patterns.
e. The presence of subgroups, or cliques, within a group tends to increase the group’s overall cohesiveness.
Answer: b. Groups that engage in positive, enjoyable activities tend to become cohesive.
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