You Use Randy Alfred's Study of Satanists as a Model

question 36

Multiple Choice

You use Randy Alfred's study of Satanists as a model for your own study of a cultural group with practices and values very different than your own.If you take the role of complete participant,as he did,you might expect to

• A)adopt the group's values and "go native."
• B)lose the ability to observe from a scientific point of view.
• C)develop sympathies for people in the group.
• D)pay a high price in alienation from your own social group.

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