Gabriel Is a Researcher Who Has Observed Adam and Sara's

question 15

Multiple Choice

Gabriel is a researcher who has observed Adam and Sara's 5-year dating relationship. He observes that Adam decides to ask Sara to marry him because he is willing to overlook Sara's annoying qualities and focus on her positive qualities as a kind and thoughtful person. Gabriel utilizes the ______ to analyze his research.

• A) conflict theory
• B) inter/actionist theory
• C) exchange theory
• D) functional theory

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Definitions:

Poisson Model

A statistical model used to predict the count of events that happen independently and with a known constant mean rate.

Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution used to model time until an event occurs, assuming events happen independently at a constant average rate.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, represented as a number between 0 and 1.

Exponentially Distributed

Pertains to a type of statistical distribution that describes the time between events in a process where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.