7.Naturalistic Methods

• What is naturalistic research, and why it is important?

• What is ecological validity, and why do naturalistic research

designs have it?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an acknowledged

or unacknowledged participant in observational research?

• What are case studies? What are their benefits and drawbacks?

• How are behaviors systematically coded to assess their reliability and

validity?

• What is archival research, and what types of questions can it be used

to answer?

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