Mark Regnerus and Andrew Cherlin Disagreed About the Meaning of Trends

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Multiple Choice

Mark Regnerus and Andrew Cherlin disagreed about the meaning of trends regarding marriage.If they used the same paradigms to look at terrorism,how might their perspectives differ? Regnerus would likely look at ________;Cherlin would likely look at ________.

• A)individual motivations (micro level);global economic and political factors (macro level)
• B)communities (meso level);families (micro level)
• C)explanations of behavior;descriptions of trends
• D)postmodern subjectivities;positivist conclusions

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