Answer:
Correct Answers:
a. Naturalistic observation involves observing humans or other animals behave in their natural setting.
b. Naturalistic observation increases the ecological validity of a study.
Explanation:
In naturalistic observation, humans and animals behaviour are studied in their natural setting inorder to validate a claim or not. For example, the study of the hunting of a lion in his wild life forest setting rahter than in a controlled setting (Like a cage).
This helps to encourage the ecological validity of the study.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
It should be understood that it has been discovered that a controlled environment always affect a study or research, and score low the ecological validity.
And it should be noted that , when a particular species of organism is observed in his natural habitat, the ecological validity will be okay and normal.
This means that, a laboratory setting will definitely lower the ecological validity of the organism.
