Question

A classmate informs you that, while conducting a naturalistic observation study of children's play behavior, she had to ask the children to limit their play activity to only one area in the playground in order to make more accurate observations. Being familiar with observational methods, you should tell her that her study did not involve naturalistic observation because:

Answer 1

You should tell her that her study didn't involve naturalistic observation because the play behavior was not conducted naturally.

Step-by-step explanation:

To understand this answer we most recall the concept of naturalistic observation. It is a technique employed by psychologists and social sciences researchers to watch and by watch, I do not mean see I mean watch, which envolves also hearing and analyzing. That helps them capture the nature of a certain group's behavior in their natural environment. Thus, that student's observation wasn't naturally done. Because she controlled the children she was observing and that is why our answer is correct.