Russell is conducting a study that employs naturalistic observation of teenagers at a local shopping mall food court. He is observing their "flirting" behaviors, and hypothesizes that the better clothes a teenager wears,
the more likely he or she is to be flirted with. As he makes his observations, one of his research partners notices that he does not pay attention to the teenagers who have less "nice" clothing nearly as much as he does to those kids who have a lot of trendy, fashionable clothing. Russell is falling prey to which disadvantage of naturalistic observation?
a. Blind bias
b. Observer bias
c. Hindsight bias
d. Double-blind bias
Answer: B
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