.Gergen (1973) classified the study of the sociocultural aspects of behavior as the study of history. His reasoning was that
A) there are cross-cultural differences in most behaviors.
B) cultural changes can render research findings obsolete.
C) conceptual replications fail more often than do exact replications.
D) most laws of behavior are immutable.

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Gergen believed that the study of the sociocultural aspects of behavior falls under the category of history because cultural changes can render research findings obsolete. This implies that studying sociocultural aspects requires an understanding of how they change over time, which is a key focus of the discipline of history. Therefore, choice B is the best answer.

Gergen (1973) Classified the Study of the Sociocultural Aspects of Behavior