What are some of the major advantages and disadvantages of naturalistic observation?
What will be an ideal response?
Advantages: It allows researchers to gather information about real-life behaviors. Disadvantages: The researcher
cannot control the situation. Therefore, the desired behavior might not occur.
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Twenty-month-old Hans is thinking carefully before pulling a pot out of the kitchen cupboard, because the last time he did this all of the pans fell out and made a loud crashing sound. In which of the following behaviors is Hans engaging?
acquired adaptation making interesting sights last active experimentation making mental combinations
Julie finds that the number of hours she sleeps each night is related to the scores she receives on quizzes the next day
As her sleep approaches 8 hours, her quiz scores improve; as her sleep drops to 5 hours, her quiz scores show a similar decline. Julie realizes that ______________________. a) there is a negative correlation between the number of hours she sleeps and her quiz grades b) there is a positive correlation between the number of hours she sleeps and her quiz grades c) her low quiz scores are caused by sleep deprivation the night before a quiz d) she should sleep about 10 hours a night to ensure 100 percent quiz grades