You design a cross-sectional, observational study to determine if children's tantrums at different ages are maintained by negative reinforcement (in this case, parents giving in to the tantrum behavior).The perspective you are taking in your research is:

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The behaviorist perspective focuses on observable behaviors and the environmental factors that influence them. In this case, the study is examining the maintenance of tantrum behavior (an observable behavior) by the parents giving in (an environmental factor). Therefore, the behaviorist perspective is most appropriate. The study is not comparative because it is not comparing two groups or variables. It is not longitudinal because it is not following the same children over an extended period of time. It is not experimental because there is no manipulation of variables or random assignment of participants to groups.

You Design a Cross-Sectional, Observational Study to Determine If Children's