What are the benefits and drawbacks of a cross-sectional study versus a longitudinal study?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A cross-sectional study collects data at one time and compares people of different ages. The benefits are that cross-sectional studies are easier to conduct and can be less costly. The downside is that the younger participants are different people from the older ones, so they may differ in ways other than age because they represent different generations.
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a. enlarged ventricles b. depression c. anxiety d. declining memory and difficulty learning new material
Resisting distractions while studying, planning ahead for assignments, organizing before you write, and reviewing test answers are examples of:
a. earning better grades b. self-regulated learning c. self-modification plans d. A-B-Cs
Because of the negative connotations associated with the term "psychosurgery," experts now refer to such procedures as ________ for psychiatric disorders
a) psychotropic innervation b) TMS c) neuraligia d) neurosurgery
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A) early B) middle C) late D) delayed