Question

A researcher is interested in assessing risk-taking by individuals. The researcher is sitting on a bench near a busy four-way stop intersection. She plans on recording the number of bike riders wearing a safety helmet and whether they stop at the intersection before proceeding in order to correlate use of safety apparel with risk-taking. This collection of information is an example of:

Answer 1

Answer:

Public Behavior

Explanation:

 

Public behavior occurs in a place where one does not reasonably expect privacy. The riders here are observed on public streets. These observations are public behavior.

If the observation and recording of similar information occurred in a private training facility it could be considered private behavior and private information.

Examples of public information would be donor lists in a concert program or names and addresses in telephone directories.

Private information includes information that occurs in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place.