Dr. Watson wanted to know which gender was better at sharing at the sixth-grade level, so he went to the local middle school to observe lunch periods. This is a form of ____________
A) case study
B) naturalistic observation
C) experimental design
D) confirmation bias
Answer: B
Rationale: When psychologists engage in naturalistic observation, as in this example, they unobtrusively observe and record behavior as it occurs in the subject's natural environment. Dr. Watson's research is not a case study because he is not studying one student in-depth. It also is not an experiment, because he is only observing, not manipulating independent variables.
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Which of the following domains of knowledge includes evolutionary perspectives on personality and focuses on understanding how genetics contributes to personality?
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