Read the passage from "When Good People Do Bad Things," which is an informational text about research
into group behaviors.
What is the author's most likelypurpose for writing this
particular passage?
In a study that recently went online in the journal
Neurolmage, the researchers measured brain activity in
a part of the brain involved in thinking about oneself.
They found that in some people, this activity was
reduced when the subjects participated in a competition
as part of a group, compared with when they competed
as individuals. Those people were more likely to harm
their competitors than people who did not exhibit this
decreased brain activity.
O to explain possible causes of harmful group behavior
O to suggest solutions for reducing harmful group
behavior
O to explain reasons for decreased brain activity
O to suggest solutions for decreased brain activity