After Spending Nine Months in Samoa and Working with Individuals

question 49

Multiple Choice

After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that:

• A) Samoan society differed little from that of the U.S. in the 1920s
• B) many key elements of Samoan culture had diffused from Thailand
• C) Franz Boas' theories of cultural relativism had serious flaws
• D) becoming an adult was less stressful in Samoa than in the U.S.

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