The initiation rites for male Australian aborigines include a stage when they are isolated from the rest of society and undergo a cram course in tribal lore? the trauma associated with their ordeal is part of a teaching method that ensures that they will remember what they are taught. This particular stage in the puberty ceremony would be referred to as the stage of _____ by Arnold Van Gennep
a. initiation
b. intensification
c. separation
d. transition
e. incorporation
ANSWER: d
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