Anthropologist Margaret Mead's experiences during her stay on the Pacific island of Samoa were part of the basis for her view that ________.
A. the social environment is entirely responsible for the range of teenage experiences
B. adolescence is a biologically based, universal "developmental disturbance"
C. adolescence resembles the era in which humans evolved into civilized beings
D. there is great variability in adolescent experiences and that biological factors are the most important influence in developmental outcomes
Answer: A
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