Dr. Swartzman wants to know if children who are raised in lower socioeconomic environments have more difficulty succeeding in school as they grow up. He enlists a group of four-year-old children and their parents, and he observes the children in school twice a year until they turn 18 . Dr. Swartzman's study would be best described as
a. cross-sectional.
b. longitudinal
c. sequential.
d. correlational
b
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a) sexual promiscuity b) lack of parental supervision c) more psychological control exerted by parents d) stricter gun laws
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a. ?puff of air; eye blink response to the puff of air b. ?puff of air; eye blink response to the tone c. ?tone; eye blink response to the puff of air d. ?tone; eye blink response to the tone
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a. the continual operation of contradictory forces buried deep in our unconscious minds b. our capacity for personal growth, the development of our potential, and freedom to choose our destiny c. how difficult it is—even with therapy—to change personality significantly d. the importance of perceptions and beliefs
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a. measuring the amount of a person's short-term memory b. intentionally repeating information c. processing iconic and echoic images simultaneously d. recalling items at the beginning of a list, but not at the end of a list