How Did Margaret Mead's Work Contribute to a Greater Understanding

question 30

Multiple Choice

How did Margaret Mead's work contribute to a greater understanding of human sexuality?

• A) Her work provided evidence that men and women are naturally sexually promiscuous.
• B) Her work challenged the assumptions that sexual practices should be private rather than public.
• C) Her work challenged the assumption that U.S. attitudes toward sexuality were universal traits fixed in human nature.
• D) Her work explored the commonalities between human sexual practices and the sexual practices of other primates.

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Definitions:

Observable Behaviours

Actions or reactions of an individual, in response to external or internal stimuli, that are visible and measurable.

Psychological Processes

Internal operations that underpin cognitive functions such as perception, memory, and thinking.

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses to specific stimuli, such as pulling a hand back from a hot surface, which occur without conscious control.

Maze Learning

The process by which an individual learns to navigate through a maze, often used in psychological experiments to study spatial learning and memory.