Caroline is interested in determining how squirrels find the caches of nuts they buried several months earlier. She watches the squirrels in a park and notices that they tend to bury food near landmarks, such as trees or benches. She predicts that moving these landmarks after the squirrels have buried their food will prevent them from finding it later on, and designs an experiment to test her prediction. Caroline's approach is an example of
A) pseudoscience.
B) the scientific method.
C) the psychoanalytic model.
D) the biopsychological model.

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Caroline's approach involves making an observation, forming a hypothesis, and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis, which is a fundamental aspect of the scientific method.

Caroline Is Interested in Determining How Squirrels Find the Caches