Pl based on this article, what was most likely the thesis statement of margaret mead's book, coming of age in samoa? question 1 options: a) gender roles are instinctual. b) the problems of young people in modern western cultures are common to all cultures. c) society shapes most behavior and this behavior changes from culture to culture. d) margaret mead was a highly accomplished, independent career woman in the days before most women even thought of a career. article: margaret mead's career started in 1928 when her book coming of age in samoa was published. her work went on to influence social scientists and the women's movement of the 1960s. in her seminal book, mead studied an adolescent samoa girl. mead compared her findings to that of an adolescent girl in the west. she found that the problems young people faced in the west are not universal to all people and cultures. she concluded that western schools and family were the causes of many of the problems. she concluded that society forms most behavioral traits and that this behavior changed from culture to culture.