How Might a Personality Psychologist Explain the Mass Murder-Suicide of the Members

Multiple Choice

How might a personality psychologist explain the mass murder-suicide of the members of the Order of The Solar Temple?

A) The group members came from poor socio-economic backgrounds.
B) An increasingly complex and mobile society creates confusion and a need to belong to a group at any cost.
C) The leaders' control over their followers increased slowly over time.
D) She wouldn't try to explain it; personality psychologists are not interested in murder-suicide.
E) People who are characteristically unstable join cults.