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Lifespan Development 2023

Authored by Jason Hanson

Social Studies

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time is using the _______________ method.

longitudinal

biographical

cross-sectional

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A researcher who studies a fixed group of people over a long period of time is using the __________ method.

longitudinal

biographical

cross-sectional

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A method of studying developmental changes by restructuring subjects’ past through interviews and investigating the effects of events that occurred in the past on current behavior is called a __________ study.

longitudinal

biographical

cross-sectional

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An advantage of the cross-sectional method of research is it takes relatively little time to complete.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A weakness of longitudinal studies is that they:

often are expensive and time consuming

avoid high attrition (drop out) rate

generate detailed information about individuals

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A disadvantage of the biographical (retrospective) approach is that it fails to generate rich enough detail about an individual’s life.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reflex crucial to an infant’s survival is:

grasping

sucking

stepping

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