Daniel Is Interested in Studying How Children's Behavior Changes When

question 52

Multiple Choice

Daniel is interested in studying how children's behavior changes when they grow up in high-risk environments. He enlists 500 children and their parents to take part in his research, and observes these children once a year for 20 years. Despite the fact that this research is very time consuming and expensive, it gives very good information about how the children age over time. This type of research is an example of a __________ study.

• A) sequential
• B) cross-sectional
• C) longitudinal
• D) continuous

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Definitions:

But Messages

Statements in which the word but diminishes or negates whatever has been said prior to but.

Fight-flight Responses

Physical and psychological reactions that prepare an individual to confront or escape a perceived threat or stressor.

Adrenaline

A hormone and neurotransmitter produced by the adrenal glands that increases heart rate, contracts blood vessels, dilates air passages, and participates in the fight-or-flight response.

Blood Supply

pertains to the provision and circulation of blood throughout the body by the heart and blood vessels.