Which of the following statements is true of accountability in healthy groups?

a. The penalty for violation of group norms is the same for all norms.
b. Upon violation of group norms, newcomers to a group are punished more severely than the veterans in the group.
c. Severity of penalty is determined by the number of times the group norms were violated.
d. Members with a higher status in the group can escape from the penalty of violation of group norms.


d. Members with a higher status in the group can escape from the penalty of violation of group norms.
Violations by newcomers to the group are generally punished less severely than violations by veteran group members. Group members who have achieved higher status in the group also tend to receive more lenient penalties-or even escape them altogether.

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