During the Kavadi Ritual in the Nation of Mauritius, Participants

question 161

Multiple Choice

During the Kavadi ritual in the nation of Mauritius, participants engage in either low-ordeal rituals or severe-ordeal rituals, before being asked to donate to their temple. The low-ordeal participants must pray and sing collectively while the severe-ordeal participants are pierced with needles and hooks and must endure pain. When researchers allowed participants to donate to their temple, they found __________.

• A) the value of the donation was the same for participants in the low- and severe-ordeal groups
• B) the value of the donation was higher for the low-ordeal participants when compared to the severe-ordeal participants
• C) the value of the donation was higher for the severe-ordeal participants when compared to the low-ordeal participants
• D) neither the low-ordeal nor the severe-ordeal participants volunteered any donation for the temple

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