A Developmental Psychologist Believes That Increased TV Watching by Young

question 253

Multiple Choice

A developmental psychologist believes that increased TV watching by young children is responsible for a decline in reading scores when these children enter school. To explore her hypothesis, she records the TV watching habits of toddlers in a suburban community. She examines these habits again when the children enter kindergarten and once more when they complete first grade. This method is _______.

• A) longitudinal
• B) cross-sectional
• C) convergent
• D) experimental

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