Ryan and ben are best friends. ryan regularly runs marathons and is a member of the marathon runners club at his university. ben also wants to join the club, but he is not a very strong runner. ben decides to start running every day so that he can participate in marathons and become a member of the club. given this information, the marathon runners club can be categorized as a(n) a. interest reference groupb. primary reference groupc. aspirational reference groupd. non-aspirational reference group

Aspirational reference group

Explanation:

An aspirational reference group is a sub-category of a reference group, consisting in a group of individuals, not necessarily familiar or related to the person, with whom said person desires to be associated, starting with the obvious assumption that he/she does not belong to the group. In order to do so, the person starts copying the attitudes and customs of the members of the group to have higher chances of joining or be accepted.

d.) continue to rise rapidly