John gets a job with a large firm that audits small businesses.While working there,he becomes friends with Dave,who invites him to attend a weekly poker game.The game soon becomes a meaningful part of John's social life.Some weeks the game is the only thing he has to look forward to.This is an example of:
A) the absolute distinction between primary groups and secondary groups.
B) the way secondary groups produce nearly anonymous relationships.
C) the way primary groups can lead to membership in secondary groups.
D) the way secondary group ties can lead to the close personal ties of primary groups.

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Secondary group ties, such as those formed at work, can evolve into close personal relationships, characteristic of primary groups, as seen in John's friendship with Dave and the poker game.

John Gets a Job with a Large Firm That Audits