Lauren is a sociology student who wants to examine the effects that a new restaurant, the Tasty Tidbit, has on the wait staff at competing restaurants in her town. She decides that she needs to learn more about the restaurant industry, her town's economy, the national economy, and food service workers in general to better understand the impact of the Tasty Tidbit. Lauren is using the:
A) Cultural anthropological model
B) Environmental model
C) Social world model
D) Commonsense model

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Lauren is using the social world model, which recognizes that individuals are part of a larger social structure that influences their behaviors and experiences. She is considering factors beyond just the Tasty Tidbit itself, such as the economy and food service industry as a whole, to understand the impact on the wait staff at competing restaurants. The other models (cultural anthropological, environmental, and commonsense) do not entirely fit Lauren's approach to studying the situation.

Lauren Is a Sociology Student Who Wants to Examine the Effects