True Developmental Change Can Only Be Studied Through Longitudinal and Mixed

question 28

Multiple Choice

True developmental change can only be studied through longitudinal and mixed longitudinal designs because:

• A) Motor development research involves the study of changes that occur in motor behavior over time.
• B) Cross-sectional method yields only average age differences in groups across time, and not real individual changes across developmental time.
• C) Longitudinal methods measure age-related changes in behavior.
• D) These are the only two types of research designs.
• E) Motor development research involves the study of changes that occur in motor behavior over time, cross-sectional method yields only average age differences in groups across time, and not real individual changes across developmental time, and longitudinal methods measure age-related changes in behavior.

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