Self-esteem, from the perspective of sociometer theory, is __________.
A) not adaptive
B) a subjective indicator of other people's evaluations of oneself
C) not favored by natural selection, but instead is a byproduct of other psychological mechanisms designed to deal with problems associated with status striving
D) incapable of being investigated empirically
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