Addendum addendum.

If I had one question to ask these students - and I might, since the prof sometimes slides the convo in a touchy-feely way - I'd ask them, "In your day-to-day life, which larger groups of which you are a part motivate your actions, and why?".

My guess is that none of them have any groups like a church or some larger cause that motivates them, but all would talk about groups (e.g. extracurriculars) that they engage in for instrumental ends.

There's a handful here and there who are different - an athlete, a student protester, someone still feeling her way in her identity and the world - but on the whole I'd expect self-centered answers.