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Suppose a research team is conducting a study on talkativeness to understand basic human communication. Apply the concept of research overlap to explain how these researchers might justify the value of their basic research to a funding board that is only interested in supporting projects with clear applications in marriage therapy.

Question: Suppose a research team is conducting a study on talkativeness to understand basic human communication. Apply the concept of research overlap to explain how these researchers might justify the value of their basic research to a funding board that is only interested in supporting projects with clear applications in marriage therapy.

Sample answer: The researchers can justify their study by explaining that although basic research on talkativeness has no immediate practical application, its theoretical insights into human behavior provide a necessary foundation that could eventually impact applied fields like marriage therapy.

Key points:

  • Apply the concept of overlap between basic and applied research.
  • Connect theoretical insights on talkativeness to a practical application.
  • Specify marriage therapy as the applied field that the basic research could eventually impact.

Rubric: The response must apply the concept of overlap to explain how basic insights on talkativeness can serve as a foundation that eventually impacts the applied field of marriage therapy.

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