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.

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

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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

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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

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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

Psychology