A Noted Psychologist and Environmentalist,Dr

question 42

Multiple Choice

A noted psychologist and environmentalist,Dr.Pigeon,has received a grant to study older persons' bird-feeding behavior in public parks.Dr.Pigeon has research assistants sit in public parks to unobtrusively collect the data.Dr.Pigeon has chosen a ____ research method.

• A) case study
• B) naturalistic observational
• C) controlled experimental
• D) survey

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