How Would a Personality Psychologist Most Likely Explain the Mass

question 140

Multiple Choice

How would a personality psychologist most likely explain the mass suicide in Jonestown?

• A) An increasingly complex and mobile society creates confusion and the need to belong to a group at any cost.
• B) People who have traits of being unstable are more likely to join cults.
• C) She wouldn't try to explain it; personality psychologists are not interested in suicide.
• D) The leader's control over his followers increased slowly over time.

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