The ________ may secretly wish that he or she was running the group.

• A. Follower
• B. Social isolate
• C. Gatekeeper
• D. Harmonizer

Answer: (C)

Understanding group roles and how individuals influence group dynamics is being tested here. The gatekeeper is the member who controls participation and the flow of discussion, often monitoring who speaks, who joins, and how the group proceeds. Because this role carries power over the process, the gatekeeper may privately wish to have even more control and feel as if they were running the group. This fits porque they’re in a position to steer topics, manage contributions, and set the cadence of sessions. A follower tends to defer and follow others, a social isolate withdraws or stays quiet, and a harmonizer focuses on smoothing conflicts rather than directing the group, so none of these typically carries that same sense of wanting to run the group.