The local health department of a small town has hired a research firm to study the development of cancer in residents in the town due to a suspected cancer-causing agent and environmental pollution
The firm will examine data on participants at ages 10, then 20, then 30, and so on, to see if there are increasing rates of cancer in the town. This type of research study uses a _______ design.
a) cross-sectional
b) longitudinal
c) lifespan
d) cross-sectional
ANS: B, The same participants are studied at successive ages in a longitudinal design.
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a. positive correlation. c. inverse correlation. b. negative correlation. d. indirect correlation.
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What term best describes Omar's situation? a) Drug dependenc b) Drug misuse c) Drug abuse d) Drug use
According to Freud, which of these region(s) of the mind is (are) in contact with the external world?
A. id B. ego and superego C. superego D. ego E. id, ego, and superego