Question

Katherine and Amy are members of the same sorority at college and are members of the school's swim team. They have been trying to master a difficult dive from the high board at the college's swimming pool. Amy is showing faster improvement in the dive than Katherine is. If they compare their performance as team mates and sorority sisters, social identity theory suggests that ________.A) Katherine should dislike Amy moreB) Amy should dislike Katherine moreC) Katherine should like Amy moreD) neither Katherine's nor Amy's liking for each other should changeE) Amy should like Katherine more

Answer 1

Answer:

Option (A).

Explanation:

Sociology may be defined as the subject that focus on the study of development and social interaction in society. Sociology is also known as the general science of the society.

Amy and Katherine are the member of same team and Amy shows fast development than Katherine. They both are competitor of each other. This is human behavior to jealous with the person that perform better than them. Here, the development of Amy makes jealous to Katherine and she starts disliking Amy.

Thus, the correct answer is option (A).