The advice that Machiavelli gave the princess regarding the princess was the end justify the means.
And a ruler can do anything that will promote the power of the states, including using religion.
There are many examples of genocides in history which are done on similar lines of protecting the race like the Armenian Genocide.
Explanation:
The Armenian people are a persecuted minority in Eastern Europe before World War 1 and started facing undue hate crimes during the war due to many reasons.
The ottoman expire ad an irrational hatred for them and oftentimes would put the Armenians in jails or get killed.
During the war, the rhetoric was to blame the Armenians for the precarious state of the empire.
In reality the empire was weak and losing the war and wanted an excuse to show that they are not losing because of their incompetence.
Observational methods, case-study methods and survey methods.
Observational Method
With the observational method (sometimes referred to as field observation) animal and human behavior is closely observed. There are two main categories of the observational method — naturalistic observation and laboratory observation.
Case Study Method
Case study research involves an in-depth study of an individual or group of indviduals. Case studies often lead to testable hypotheses and allow us to study rare phenomena. Case studies should not be used to determine cause and effect, and they have limited use for making accurate predictions.
Survey Method
In survey method research, participants answer questions administered through interviews or questionnaires. After participants answer the questions, researchers describe the responses given. In order for the survey to be both reliable and valid it is important that the questions are constructed properly. Questions should be written so they are clear and easy to comprehend.
The correct answer is incubation.
Incubation effect is when you come up with a solution to the problem, or remember something you were trying hard to remember, after a period of time when you weren't exactly consciously thinking about it. It means that the problem was incubated, but that your brain came up with the solution unconsciously, without your awareness.