Dr. eco has a strong belief that global warming is a theoretical myth. in recent years, however, the increased rate of polar ice cap melt has forced him to alter his theory, and he is now a strong advocate against greenhouse pollutants. a piagetian would most likely describe dr. e. co's theoretical conversion in terms

a. the one-to-one principle.
b. overextension
c. equilibration
d. abstract thinking

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

Donald is studying the eating habits of all students attending his school. he samples the population by dividing the students into groups by grade level and randomly selecting a proportionate number of students from each group. he then collects data from the sample. which type of sampling is used? select the correct answer below: systematic sampling convenience sampling stratified sampling cluster sampling

Which of the following most likely contributed to the outbreak of world war ii?