Lifespan Development

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

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cross-sectional

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

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longitudinal

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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.

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biographical

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

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True

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A weakness of longitudinal studies is that they:

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often are expensive and time consuming

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

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False

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A reflex crucial to an infant’s survival is: grasping, sucking, stepping

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sucking

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The term used by psychologists to describe the characteristic patterns of emotional reactions and emotional self-regulation in infants and children is __________.

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temperament

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The visual cliff was developed to measure: whole-part perception, object perception, depth perception

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depth perception

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Motor development refers to the acquisition of skills involving movement such as grasping, crawling, and walking. True or False?

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True