A Cult in the 1950s Believed That the World Was

question 194

Multiple Choice

A cult in the 1950s believed that the world was coming to an end very soon.Researchers Leon Festinger and his colleagues studied this cult by joining the group and pretending to share these beliefs.What research method were they using?

• A) archival analysis
• B) ethnography
• C) correlational study
• D) field experiment

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