Self-serving or individual roles are negative inasmuch as

• A. they promote democratic leadership.
• B. they serve the individual and not the group.
• C. they work against the group.
• D. b and c.

Answer: (C)

Self-serving or individual roles undermine group functioning by putting personal goals ahead of the group’s goals, which disrupts cooperation and progress. The strongest way to describe their negative impact is that they work against the group, blocking shared decision-making, reducing cohesion, and hindering task achievement. It’s true these roles serve the individual rather than the group, but the direct harm to the group is that they oppose its interests. The other ideas are less precise: promoting democratic leadership would benefit the group, not reflect self-serving behavior, and simply saying they serve the individual doesn’t specify the group-level harm as clearly as “work against the group.”