What Kind of Study Did Malinowski Conduct When He Collected

question 17

Multiple Choice

What kind of study did Malinowski conduct when he collected dream reports from adolescent boys in the Trobriand Islands?

• A) a multicultural study (because he collected data from three tribal groups)
• B) a quasi-experiment (because participants could not be randomly assigned)
• C) an unpackaging study (because he identified the active ingredients of culture)
• D) an unconfounding study (because two crucial variables did not occur together)

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