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 United States in the 1920s
B. many key elements of Samoan culture had diffused from Thailand
C. Franz Boas's theories of cultural relativism had serious flaws
D. becoming an adult was less stressful in Samoa than in the United States
Answer: D
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A. protects against hypervitaminosis. B. helps to prevent sickle-cell anemia. C. exists in a balanced polymorphism. D. helps to prevent rickets. E. helps to protect against skin cancer.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. ethnonationalism B. assimilation C. circumstantialism D. primordialism