Dawn is a graduate student investigating the development of social skills. She selects one group of 3-year-old children and assesses their social skills every 6 months over a 2-year period. In this example, Dawn is using a(n) __________ research design.

A. cross-sectional
B. sequential
C. longitudinal
D. cohort


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. ?the research is not considered to be scientific b. ?the data drawn from the study will be random occurrences c. ?they are unable to determine which variable causes the other d. ?they have a greater chance of discovering the real relationship between the variables

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a. Moods c. Attachments b. Emotions d. Expressions

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a. explicit memory. b. flashbulb memory. c. reconstructive memory. d. implicit memory.

Psychology