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Dr. Jones is conducting a study in which he is observing how parents play with their children. When training his research assistants, he tells them to document how many times the parents smile at their children, frown at their children, encourage their children, and correct their children. This is most clearly an example of __________.

A) naturalistic observationB) a coding systemC) archival researchD) a case study

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A) Naturalistic observation

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The researchers aren't using previous studies to help and are not actively interacting with the parents or children, making it a natural observation.

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A

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