A group of scientists notices that people who smoke often develop cancer later in life. To test this, they design a longitudinal study in which they take note of how many cigarettes each participant smokes each day, how many years each participant smokes, and whether he or she develops any kind of cancer at any point. What type of study is this?
A. an experimental study
B. a correlational study
C. a case study
D. a survey study
Answer: B
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a. Erik Erikson b. Sigmund Freud c. Lev Vygotsky d. Jean Piaget
Which statement below describes synergism within attitudes?
a. the tendency for beliefs and expectancies to become consistent over time b. the tendency for cognitive, affective, and behavioral information to influence each other c. the tendency for related attitudes to become consistent over time d. the tendency for emotions to precede cognitions
Redintegration is best explained by using which of the following?
a. the feeling of knowing model b. recoding and chunking c. the network model d. mnemonic models
"Song of Praise" to cocaine was written by
A) The Grateful Dead. B) Bob Marley. C) Paul Simon. D) The Rolling Stones. E) Sigmund Freud.