Aresearcher wants to gather information on citizens' reactions to the local government's decision to construct a new airport in their neighborhood. the researcher gathers groups of citizens and asks them to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed airport. this type of data gathering can be referred to as a(n) approach to describing behavior

Qualitative

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According to my research on different research approaches, I can say that based on the information provided within the question this type of data gathering can be referred to as a qualitative approach to describing behavior. Qualitative refers to the process of focusing more on quality as opposed to focusing more on the quantity.

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)