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A researcher spends 15 hours or more each day conducting experiments or doing library reading and recording observations on color-coded index cards. This person lives alone in the country but doesn't interfere with others' lives. The BEST description of the researcher's behavior is that it is:

A) eccentric.
B) abnormal.
C) dangerous.
D) dysfunctional.

Eccentric

Describing behavior or a person that deviates from the norm in a peculiar or whimsical way.

Experiments

Structured investigations designed to test hypotheses and observe the effects of manipulating one or more variables in a controlled setting.

Recording Observations

The systematic documentation of events, behaviors, or conditions as they are perceived, without adding interpretation or inference.

  • Discern the difference between idiosyncratic tendencies and psychopathology.
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