As a researcher interested in young children's motivation to read, Cynthia works as a volunteer in a pre-kindergarten setting for approximately six months as she collects data regarding children's reading motivation. In this scenario, Cynthia is best described as a .

The correct answer is participant observer

Participant observation is an excellent methodological resource for  research because it allows a more dense insertion in the  practices and representations experienced by the respective religious expressions chosen for  study. By this method, the researcher closely follows the event of his  investigation; the most constant incursions into the group's cults and everyday situations,  allow you to further decode the imaginary, vocabulary, symbols and valid rites and  coherent for their respective supporters, with greater correspondence to the way in which  members experience their belief.