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JGIBBSON · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Jean Piaget, the famous Swiss psychologist, studied the cognitive development of young children by presenting them with various tasks that they had to complete such as comparing different containers of water,

manipulating the shape of a ball of clay, and using logical processes in making decisions. This type of a research situation is referred to as a(n)

a. true experiment.
b. archival study.
c. naturalistic observational study.
d. structured test method.

Question 2

In using the structured test method, researchers are trying to make it more likely that

a. the results of their research will be published in prestigious journals.
b. a certain range of behaviors will be emitted by the research participants.
c. the results of the research will lead to profitable applications and treatments.
d. one can infer causation between the independent and dependent variables.