Athena is designing a study to see how people's head circumferences change between childhood and adulthood. Unfortunately, she has only a few months in which to perform her study, so she decides to measure groups of 100 5-year-old children, 100 10-year-old children, 100 15-year-old children, 100 20-year-old adults, 100 25-year-old adults, and 100 30-year-old adults. Her research design is
A) cross-sectional.
B) longitudinal.
C) latitudinal.
D) cross-sequential.
A
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According to Matsumoto and his colleagues, the general class of statistical procedures that helps to determine the degree to which differences in mean values reflect meaningful differences among individuals is called _____
a) between-group statistics b) effect size statistics c) analysis of variance d) multivariate analysis of variance
Ten-year-old Chester has just been asked, "What is 10 plus 10?" He says, "The answer is 22.". How would a researcher best use Piaget's clinical method to follow-up this response?
a. She would ask Chester to count the number of fingers on each hand. b. She would ask Chester to explain how he came up with the answer of "22.". c. She would ask Chester to describe any abuse he had endured as a child. d. She would ask Chester to give a blood sample.
For most young people, identity development
A) involves a major crisis. B) is complete by age 13. C) emerges spontaneously, with little time devoted to exploration. D) is a process of exploration followed by commitment.
A nomothetic approach to personality
A) studies pathetic aesthetics. B) is the study of what makes each of us unique. C) seeks to formulate general laws. D) involves the study of the "no mother" theories of S. Freud. E) studies ways in which people are similar to animals.