Independence during research

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If you are working full time with a research mentor on your own research project, how independent should you be?
-How long should you try to figure something out on your own before asking for help?
-How often should you update your research mentor on the progress of your project? Email or face to face meeting?
-If your research mentor suggests an idea, would it be ok to discuss alternatives that you think would be better?
-How proactive should you be about getting publications?

 

[masaraksh]

This sounds like it really depends on the project. Its clearly better to ask for help than take too long to figure things out on your own.