As Arnett states, "Longitudinal studies are often viewed as methodologically preferable to cross sectional studies." Explain why
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Longitudinal studies avoid the problem of the cohort effect—differences due to something about people born in a certain historical period rather than universal differences in development.
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Compare and contrast historical and current perspectives of autism spectrum disorder. What has led to changes in these perspectives over the years?
What will be an ideal response?
Individuals’ perceptions of their environment are usually based on two dimensions
a. dangerous-safe; clean-dirty b. noise-quiet; warm-cold c. red-green; blue-yellow d. crowded-uncrowded; public-private e. positive-negative; activating-deactivating
A state of normlessness and lack of regulation of the individual is a type of suicide known as __________
a. altruistic b. egoistic c. anomic d. fatalistic e. cluster
The sequence of steps that includes the image on the retina, changing the image into electrical signals, and neural processing is an example of _____ processing
a. bottom-up b. top-down c. sequential d. serial