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Your Text Describes a Study of Optimism and Health (Peterson

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Your text describes a study of optimism and health (Peterson et al., 1998) in which participants were first interviewed in the late 1930s and then assessed periodically over the next 50 years. Your knowledge of developmental psychology allows you to identify this as a _______ study.


Definitions:

Decision

The act of making a choice among available alternatives.

Experiential System

A processing mechanism in the brain that is intuitive, automatic, and based on experiences, as opposed to analytical reasoning.

Cognitive System

encompasses the mental processes involved in perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning.

Mode of Thinking

The particular way or method in which thoughts are organized and processed.

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