DrLang Is Conducting a Study of When and Why Adults

question 4

Multiple Choice

Dr.Lang is conducting a study of when and why adults eat candy.She studied Annette Laureau's Unequal Childhoods and sees that her study will have similar methodological challenges.Accordingly,Dr.Lang decides to use observation instead of interviews because

• A)habits are so ingrained that it is difficult for people to describe or explain them.
• B)people knowingly lie about topics like parenting or eating,so their bad habits won't be known.
• C)people want to please the researcher,so they say what they think the researcher wants them to hear.
• D)social media is so pervasive,people tend to repeat what they see and hear in the media,rather than reporting their actual experiences.

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Definitions:

Settling Down

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Symbolic Interactionist

A perspective in sociology that focuses on the significance of meaning and symbols in human interactions and how social reality is constructed through them.

Conflict Theorist

A social scientist who studies the ways in which different groups in society struggle for power, often focusing on issues of inequality, discrimination, and social change.

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