Ethical And Naturalistic Observations

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Many people would argue that observations made in a laboratory are unrealistic and does not apply to the real-world due to its artificial settings. Even though during artificial conditions, psychologist can control the conditions and elicit relevant conditions; allowing possible scenarios within ethical boundaries. While in naturalistic observations, psychologist, researchers and scientist can witness the events and record as it takes place in the participants life. Naturalistic observation: Observers witness and record events that occur in the normal course of lives of the

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