A major advantage of structured observation is that it
A) is useful for studying behaviors that investigators rarely have an opportunity to see in everyday life.
B) permits participants to display their thoughts in terms that are as close as possible to the way they think in everyday life.
C) yields richly detailed narratives that offer valuable insight into the many factors that affect development.
D) allows researchers to see the behavior of interest as it occurs in natural settings.
Answer: A
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