UNIVERSALITY
COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY
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Question
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The basic needs theory aka four basic “instrumental needs” was propounded by
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Margaret Mead
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Bronislaw Malinowski
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Radcliffe-Brown
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E.R.Leach
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Malinowski suggested that individuals have physiological needs (reproduction, food, shelter) and these needs are fulfilled by the social institutions. He talked about four basic “instrumental needs” (economics, social control, education, and political organization), that require institutional devices to get fulfilled.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Dewey. American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, Dewey’s 1896 paper “The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology” is considered the first major work of functionalism.
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