Posted: July 27th, 2016

Propinquity is a factor that is related to the power of a reference group. How will it influence the relative power between a membership group and an avoidance group?

Propinquity is a factor that is related to the power of a reference group. How will it influence the relative power between a membership group and an avoidance group?
a. Propinquity should make membership groups weaker than avoidance groups because the motivation to distance oneself is increased with closeness.
b. Propinquity will have no influence on either membership groups or avoidance groups.
c. Propinquity should make membership groups and avoidance groups equal in potential power.
d. Propinquity should make membership groups much stronger than avoidance groups.