Bowlby's reliance on observations of attachment behavior in primates as a way of understanding adult romantic attachment represents an example of the use _______ to generate new research ideas.
A)reasoning by analogy
B)a paradoxical incident
C)serendipity
D)a functional analysis

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Bowlby used reasoning by analogy, which involves the comparison of similar behaviors or situations in two different domains (primate behavior and adult romantic attachment) in order to generate new research ideas.

Bowlby's Reliance on Observations of Attachment Behavior in Primates as a Way