... serve the goal of the research efficiently. This essay is an attempt to compare and distinguish between the two applied research methods used in language and memory; one of them is a naturalistic observation study on the vervet monkeys which was conducted in their natural environment to find out whether their alarm calls represent a communication system; the other one is a case study carried out on the long-term memory system in a laboratory environment used to find out if there is a distinction between episodic memory and semantic memory, being the two components of the long-term memory system. Through these two pieces of research this essay will focus on the mentioned two types of method and will attempt to point out their similarities and differences. Firstly, some general information on research methods used in cognitive psychology will be presented including goals and procedures of experiments. Then the two ...

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