An adaptation of the longitudinal approach called the ________ design presents children with a novel task and follows their mastery over several closely spaced sessions.
A. correlational
B. sequential
C. cross-sectional
D. microgenetic
Answer: D
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b. Only people with more severe stressful events develop PTSD. c. People who had previous emotional difficulties are more likely to develop PTSD. d. People who failed to talk to a therapist soon after the event are likely to develop PTSD.
Suppose that you are looking for a dark-colored car in a row of parked cars. Eleven of them are light colored, and one is dark colored. The dark-colored car seems to pop out. In this example,
a. you are using focused attention. b. you are using bottom-up processing. c. you are demonstrating the feature-present/feature-absent effect. d. a dark-colored object is more likely to stimulate the movement-detection cells in the retina.
Anyone that knows Tara would say that she is not a prejudiced person, but a person who really tries to be open, accepting, and tolerant of others. However, Tara seemed to have a momentary emotional response upon meeting a new classmate from a particular ethnic culture. Regarding Tara's response to this classmate, which of the following statements would most likely be true?
a. Tara is really a very prejudiced person, who has been able to hide it from her friends up until now. b. Tara is exhibiting symbolic prejudice toward this new classmate. c. Tara may be reflecting her unconscious dogmatism and a latent authoritarian personality. d. Tara, although not consciously prejudiced, may be responding emotionally to members of other ethnic groups due to lingering stereotypes and prejudices learned in childhood.
A controlled research study investigating the effects of a cognitive-behavioral treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome resulted in improvement in
A. measures of fatigue. B. physical functioning. C. both a and b D. neither a nor b