Observing behaviour in its ordinary setting rather than a laboratory is called:

1. Some questions are about how behaviour actually occurs day to day. 2. If you want to understand how behavior occurs, one of the best ways to gain information is to simply observe the behavior in its natural context. 3. That approach is naturalistic observation. 4. An experiment instead deliberately controls the setting. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'Psychological Research', sections 2.1-2.4_