Sarah is spending a summer living in another country where people have a way of life that differs from her own. A sociologist might expect that this experience would lead her to ________
a. end up with a greater understanding of both a new way of life and her own way of life.
b. accept what people in the United States call "common sense."
c. assume that people's lives simply reflect the choices they make.
d. gradually understand less and less about her own way of life.
Answer: a
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