Explain the difference between behavior and reports of behavior.

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: Behavior is direct action, which has to be observed; reports of behavior are not be observed directly by the researcher. The former constitute ‘first-order phenomena’ and the latter constitute ‘second-order phenomena’.

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