Murray wants to examine stability and change in personality over time. He enlists a group of elementary school children and measures their personality when they are in the first grade, then again when they are in the third grade, and then again when they progress to the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. What kind of study is Murray conducting?
A. a longitudinal study
B. an archival study
C. an experiment
D. a clinical interview
Answer: A
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