The work of anthropologists Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead

a. gained greater acceptance for the view that certain instincts were universal to all humans.
b. contradicted the proposition that certain instincts were universal to all humans.
c. concentrated on animal instincts only.
d. was discredited by psychologists because it was anthropological, not psychological research.

Answer: b. contradicted the proposition that certain instincts were universal to all humans.

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