Researchers Whose Questions Explore Understanding Social Variation Over Time and Place

question 1

Multiple Choice

Researchers whose questions explore understanding social variation over time and place are likely to use which research method?

• A)demographic analysis
• B)comparative-historical perspective
• C)extended cases
• D)ethnography

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Avoidance Response

An automatic, natural reaction to avoid harm or unpleasantness without the need for previous conditioning.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic theory which posits that a girl during her psychosexual development experiences a sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father.

Castration Anxiety

A psychoanalytic concept referring to a deep fear of losing one's genitalia or their function.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.