Question

Malinowski found that the Trobriand Islanders used magic

A. as a means of increasing social solidarity.
B. to increase the bountifulness of the yam harvest.
C. in psychologically stressful situations, such as sailing.
D. as a means of leveling Europeans who refused to redistribute their wealth.
E. to kill their adversaries during intertribal warfare.

Answer 1

C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Malinowski found that the Trobriand Islanders used magic in psychologically stressful situations, such as sailing. Malinowski's studies have concluded that the Trobriand islanders used magic and religion in order to explain many things that they could otherwise not logically explain or understand. Religion and magic created an explanation for them which helped relieve stress and fear in stressful dangerous situations.