Affiliations tend to be the product of a satisfaction-seeking or defensive alliance. This means they __________.
A) tend to aggregate
B) tend to be more instrumental or functional in how we go about our lives
C) are interrupted with ease
D) can easily become attachments
E) can be easily misunderstood

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Affiliations are often formed to serve a specific purpose or to satisfy a need, making them functional or instrumental in nature. This suggests that they tend to be more goal-oriented than emotional, and are therefore less likely to become attachments. The other options are not necessarily true of affiliations in general and are either too general (A) or too specific (C and D) to accurately describe affiliations as a category. E, while potentially applicable in some cases, is not a defining characteristic of affiliations.

Affiliations Tend to Be the Product of a Satisfaction-Seeking or Defensive