In our society, personality is considered an expression of

In our society, personality is considered an expression of individuality. We like to see ourselves as self-created, distinct from the influences of the past, bent upon our own development as self. Effects upon us are viewed as intrusions. But in the tribal society of Bambara peoples, personality is the sum of many parts – less an individual phenomenon than a reflection of the family, less a single unit than an integer of a larger, sustaining tribal identity. Personality is richer because it is not self-centered, mature because it benefits from diversity, and stronger because it draws its strength from the clan.

The argument has been designed to emphasize the supposed interrelationship between

(A) richness of personality and integration in a society
(B) individuality of expression and development of the self
(C) diversity of personality and self-centeredness
(D) A sustaining tribal identity and the strength of the clan
(E) Development of the self and the intrusion of outside effects