From an evolutionary perspective, what is the most salient function of group membership?
a) It provides an opportunity for more ideas to be generated by a group via the mechanism of groupthink.
b) It helps to enhance self-actualization of the group as a whole.
c) It promotes the survival of individual group members.
d) It helps to keep the natural order in check by promoting obedience to a specific group leader.
ANS: C, As your authors note, during various times in history people who were uncooperative and refused to follow the norms of a group would have difficulty surviving.
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