Marcus is interested in the effects of television aggression on children's behavior.Marcus brings participants to a play room and shows them a short cartoon depicting the main characters hitting,yelling,and destroying toys.He then allows the children to play for 15 minutes,observing their behavior from behind a one-way mirror,noting instances of aggression.Marcus is using the _______ observation method.

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Marcus is using a laboratory observation method because he has created a controlled environment (the play room) and is manipulating the independent variable (showing the aggressive cartoon) to see its effect on the dependent variable (children's behavior).

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