Russell is conducting a study that employs naturalistic observation of teenagers at a local shopping mall food court.He is observing their "flirting" behaviors,and hypothesizes that the better clothes a teenager wears,the more likely he or she is to be flirted with.As he makes his observations,one of his research partners notices that he does not pay attention to the teenagers who have less "nice" clothing nearly as much as he does to those kids who have a lot of trendy,fashionable clothing.Russell is falling prey to which disadvantage of naturalistic observation?
A) Blind bias
B) Observer bias
C) Hindsight bias
D) Double-blind bias

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Observer bias is the tendency for an observer to only report what they perceive to be important or interesting, leading to a skewed view of the phenomenon being observed. In this case, Russell is biased towards observing teenagers with nicer clothing and may be missing important observations of teenagers with less fashionable clothing.

Russell Is Conducting a Study That Employs Naturalistic Observation of Teenagers