What Is Considered to Be the Principal Advantage of Using

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is considered to be the principal advantage of using qualitative methods as an approach to doing social research?

• A) Qualitative methods give "voice" to research participants.
• B) Qualitative methods are relatively inexpensive.
• C) Qualitative methods allow for causality to be established.
• D) Qualitative methods involve the collection of data from large samples.
• E) Qualitative methods require the researcher to spend a lot of time getting to know the research participants in a study.

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Definitions:

Self-Actualization

The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Abraham Maslow

A psychologist best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

Carl Rogers

An influential American psychologist who founded the humanistic approach to psychology, emphasizing the importance of free will, self-efficacy, and psychological health.

Fully Functioning

Refers to an individual who is living their life to its fullest potential, often associated with Carl Rogers' conception of self-actualization.