Lyndsi is a 22-year-old woman who was just brought in from the emergency room of the adjacent hospital. She was reportedly found at a McDonald's trying to cut her wrists with a plastic knife while rocking back and forth. When the manager approached her and tried to talk to her, she was unresponsive. A moment later, she screamed that the people in the hamburgers were making her cut. She remained agitated until the police came, and she kept talking about "them."

Ahigh school teacher wants to study the seating habits of students in the cafeteria to determine if students sit in the same seats or change seats from day to day. she sits in the cafeteria for several days, and without interacting with the students, records where they sit each day. what is a potential benefit of this type of research? there is an independent variable. there is a dependent variable. the researcher can gain personal information about an individual. the participants act normally. the information can be gathered over a period of several years.