Describe the cross-sectional design, and explain its strengths and weaknesses
What will be an ideal response?
In the cross-sectional design, groups of people differing in age are studied at the same point in time. Because participants are measured only once, researchers need not be concerned about such difficulties as participant dropout or practice effects. However, despite its convenience, cross-sectional research does not provide evidence about development at the level at which it actually occurs: the individual. Cross-sectional studies—especially those that cover a wide age span—have another problem. Like longitudinal research, they can be threatened by cohort effects. For example, comparisons of 10-year-old cohorts, 20-year-old cohorts, and 30-year-old cohorts—groups born and reared in different years—may not really represent age-related changes. Instead, they may reflect unique experiences associated with the historical period in which the age groups were growing up.
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a. ?those with a manifest intellectual or physical defect b. ?those who are pampered by the parents and/or siblings c. ?those who are rejected by the mother d. ?the earlier born rather than the later born in the family e. ?everyone
One of the pain questionnaire measures of pain is the:
a. Rosenberg Pain scale b. Melzack and Wall self diagnosis scale c. Turk Pain Report d. McGill Pain Questionnaire
What are mental categories representing activities, objects, qualities, or situations that share some core qualities?
A) Classes B) Attributes C) Patterns D) Concepts
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systems containing a. serotonin. b. dopamine. c. ACh. d. GABA. e. norepinephrine.