Compare and contrast retrospective and prospective research designs. What are the benefits and problems of these designs?
What will be an ideal response?
Retrospective research designs study people with a disorder by collecting information about their lives before they became sick. The problems are faulty and selective memory, and bias on the part of the person and the researcher. Prospective research designs find people with high risk of developing a disorder before they have it, measure variables ahead of time, and track the people to see who develops the disorder. The problems are that you can't know how many will develop the disorder and it is a small sample size. GRADING RUBRIC: 10 points, 5 points each.
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a. dysphoria b. dysthymia c. anhedonia d. depression
If a researcher observes a family at home, this is considered observation in a(n) ______ setting
Fill in the blank with correct word
In a study of mothers who used combinations of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during pregnancy, it was found that they produced children who a. could not be distinguished from those produced by mothers who used alcohol only
b. had less gray matter than other children for the first few weeks of life, but who were subsequently quite normal. c. had less white matter than other children. d. had less gray matter than other children at least until age 10-13 years.
Every life is marked by a number of notable events, markers, or turning points in personal development known as
a. moral dilemmas. b. developmental tasks. c. psychosocial dilemmas. d. developmental milestones.