In the Early 1930s, Anthropologist Margaret Mead Lived Among the People

Multiple Choice

In the early 1930s, anthropologist Margaret Mead lived among the people of Samoa. She recorded their behaviors and spent long hours talking with them, particularly with the young girls in whose development she was most interested. Her approach to gaining knowledge represents which of the following social science methods?

A) naturalistic observation
B) the correlational method
C) survey research
D) the psychometric approach