Structured observations differ from naturalistic observations in that they

a. use correlations to assess the strength and direction of a relationship.
b. create a situation that is likely to elicit the behavior of choice.
c. sample behaviors of interest in everyday situations.
d. manipulate independent variables to see the effects on dependent variables.


ANSWER: b

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