Which research study is a compromise technique that essentially examines a number of different age groups at several points in time, and permits developmental researchers to tease out the consequences of age change versus age difference?
a) longitudinal
b) sequential
c) cross-sectional
d) experimental
b
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Clinical studies have shown that 50 to 75 percent of patients taking Prozac and other SSRIs will experience a. manic episodes
b. suicidal tendencies. c. sexual dysfunction. d. cardiac irregularities.
From the perspective of self-awareness theory, alcohol abuse, binge eating, and suicide are alike in that they
a. enable people who feel guilty to punish themselves.
b. are more likely to be done by people with interdependent self-concepts.
c. are coping mechanisms used by people with low self-esteem.
d. provide temporary or permanent relief from unpleasant self-awareness.
During an assessment center, an applicant must pretend to be a manager in a cosmetics company. She joins five other applicants in a conference room, and together, they learn that one of their makeup products is defective, and they must solve the problem. What assessment center exercise is MOST LIKELY being described here?
A) a leaderless group discussion B) an in-basket C) a case study D) an interview
Before an infant has understood the idea of __________, he will not search for an object that has been hidden right before his eyes
a) object stability b) object mobility c) object permanence d) object constancy