Before collecting data, social researchers must identify a __________ from which to select their ___________. After that, if the
y want to interview ______________, sociologists must first get ______________, which means that participants agree to be interviewed and know what they are getting into.
Target population
, sample
, respondents
, informed consent.
Explanation:
Before collecting data, social researchers must identify a <em>target population</em> from which to select their <em>sample</em>. After that, if they want to interview <em>respondents</em>, sociologists must first get<em> informed consent</em>, which means that participants agree to be interviewed and know what they are getting into. The target population is the people the researcher wants to study, for example, teenage girls. From that population, the researcher chooses a sample that is a group from which collect the data. This group should be representative of the target population. The people who answer to question are the respondents who have to be informed about what they are getting into and sign informed consent.
Accoring to Jean Piaget's theories, equilibrium and disequilibrium refers to a situation in which the relationship between old and new knowledge is balanced. This enables a person to create new mental links, and was described by Piaget as the foundation of cognitive development.