The New Fly-Catching Club Elects Wilberforce, a Hard-Working but Now

Multiple Choice

The new fly-catching club elects Wilberforce, a hard-working but now retired sociology professor, as their first president. Marina, a sensible and experienced fly-catcher, who has always been unemployed, would have liked that job but knew that she had little chance. The members' decision was probably a case of:

A) groupthink on the election process.
B) Wilberforce's specific task relevant characteristics.
C) personal preference concerning the personalities of these two.
D) diffuse status characteristics being generalised to a specific task.