Answer the question based on the passage given below. Type in the correct option number as your answer.Why do good, ordinary people sometimes become perpetrators of evil? The most extreme transformation of this kind is, of course, the story of Gods favorite angel, Lucifer - a story that has set the context for my psychological investigations into lesser human transformations in response to the corrosive influence of powerful situational forces. Such forces exist in many common behavioral contexts, distorting our usual good nature by pushing us to engage in deviant, destructive, or evil behavior. When embedded in new and unfamiliar settings, our habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and acting no longer function to sustain the moral compass that has guided us reliably in the past.Which of the following is the most likely inference from the passage?a)An individuals inner nature, dispositions, and personality traits are the primary and often the sole factors in understanding human failings.b)While most people are good most of the time, they can readily be led to act anti-socially, if situational forces influence their behavior.c)It is easy for ordinary people to be seduced into engaging in evil deeds, or to be passively indifferent to the suffering of others.d)Power situational forces force a rejection of the moral compass in individuals and they can turn permanently evil.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

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An individual’s inner nature, dispositions, and personality traits are the primary and often the sole factors in understanding human failings.
b)
While most people are good most of the time, they can readily be led to act anti-socially, if situational forces influence their behavior.
c)
It is easy for ordinary people to be seduced into engaging in evil deeds, or to be passively indifferent to the suffering of others.
d)
Power situational forces force a rejection of the moral compass in individuals and they can turn permanently evil.

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Option 1 is contrary to the passage. The individual’s inner nature, dispositions, and personality traits are not the primary factors; one needs to take account of situational forces.
Option 3 is partially true, but is eliminated because of the word ‘easy’. It is presumptuous in the light of the paragraph to say that ‘it is easy to ... be seduced ...' etc.
Option 4 is eliminated because it states ‘individuals ... can turn permanently evil’, which is not supported by the passage. Option 2 supports every aspect of the paragraph and follows directly from what is stated in the paragraph.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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