Roberta is interested in whether people communicate differently when utilizing technology (e.g., online chatting or e-mail) than in face-to-face conversations
She begins by simply observing conversations that occur in the two environments to get a better sense of the variables that should be investigated. This initial step of simply observing behavior would correspond to which of the following objectives of psychological research:
a. prediction
b. explanation
c. description
d. replication
C
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