▁needs ▁of ▁human ▁person ality ? ▁ ▁For ▁Lé vi - St ra uss , ▁the ▁choice ▁was ▁for ▁the ▁dem ands ▁of ▁the ▁social ▁order . ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁difficulty ▁bringing ▁out ▁the ▁incons isten cies ▁and ▁trivial ity ▁of ▁individual istic ▁accounts . ▁Mal in owski ▁said , ▁for ▁example , ▁that ▁magic ▁belief s ▁come ▁into ▁being ▁when ▁people ▁need ▁to ▁feel ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁control ▁over ▁events ▁when ▁the ▁outcome ▁was ▁uncertain . ▁In ▁the ▁Tro b ri and ▁Islands , ▁he ▁found ▁the ▁proof ▁of ▁this ▁claim ▁in ▁the ▁r ites ▁surrounding ▁abort ions ▁and ▁we aving ▁sk ir ts . ▁But ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁tribes , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁magic ▁attached ▁to ▁making ▁cl ay ▁p ots ▁even ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁no ▁more ▁certain ▁a ▁business ▁than ▁we aving . ▁So , ▁the ▁explanation ▁is ▁not ▁consistent . ▁Furthermore , ▁these ▁explan ations ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁an ▁ad ▁h oc , ▁super f icial ▁way – one ▁post ul ates ▁a ▁trait ▁of ▁person ality ▁when ▁needed . ▁However ▁the ▁accepted ▁way ▁of ▁discuss ing ▁organiz ational ▁function ▁didn ' t ▁work ▁either . ▁D ifferent ▁soci eties ▁might ▁have ▁institutions ▁that ▁were ▁similar ▁in ▁many ▁obvious ▁ways ▁and ▁yet , ▁served ▁different ▁functions . ▁Many ▁trib al ▁cult ures ▁divide ▁the ▁tribe ▁into ▁two ▁groups ▁and ▁have ▁elaborate ▁rules ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁two ▁groups ▁may ▁interact . ▁But ▁exactly ▁what ▁they ▁may ▁do – tra de , ▁inter mar ry – is ▁different ▁in