The Cross-Sectional Method Follows the Same People Over Time

question 139

True/False

The cross-sectional method follows the same people over time.

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Definitions:

Oral Stage

In Freudian psychoanalysis, an early life stage focusing on the pleasures and frustrations associated with the mouth, sucking, and being fed.

Characteristic Personality Traits

Features that are distinctive and describe consistent behaviors in a person across different situations and over time.

Primary Process

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious thought processes that are primitive and symbolic, driven by the pleasure principle.

Heredity

The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.