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 a dissociative group?
A) Propinquity should make membership groups much stronger than dissociative groups.
B) Propinquity should make membership groups and dissociative groups equal in potential power.
C) Propinquity should make membership groups weaker than dissociative groups, because the motivation to distance oneself is increased with closeness.
D) Propinquity should make dissociative groups more powerful than membership groups because propinquity has no effect on membership groups.

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Propinquity, or the physical or psychological proximity between people, tends to strengthen the influence of a membership group because individuals are more likely to be influenced by those they are close to or have frequent interactions with. This closeness does not have the same strengthening effect on dissociative groups, which are groups that individuals do not want to be associated with.

Propinquity Is a Factor That Is Related to the Power