Army recruits are assigned randomly into specific sleeping quarters, where they

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Army recruits are assigned randomly into specific sleeping quarters, where they do a lot of socializing during break time and at night. The political and religious attitudes of the recruits were surveyed before they were assigned sleeping quarters, and then again after several weeks of training. The generals found that the recruits’ political and religious ideas tended to form clusters based on sleeping quarters. Which of the following can best explain this situation? A. Useful ideas spread more easily. B. Minimally intuitive ideas are more transmittable. C. People in close quarters and contact tend to influence each other. D. Early conditions have disproportionate influences. E. Small differences lead to large effects.

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The correct answer is option C.

Explanation : In the above example army recruits were assigned sleep quarters and were previously assessed before and after their recruitment training for their political and religious attitudes. People in same sleeping quarters had similar political and religious ideologies.

Thus no idea was more useful, more intuitive or transmitable than the other. Early conditions do not have disproportionate influences and the differences here aren't small. But because the people were in close quarters and contacts the influence on each other's attitudes and ideas was greater. Therefore the correct answer is Option C.

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