A Person Taking the Position That Development Is continuous (Rather

question 31

Multiple Choice

A person taking the position that development is continuous (rather than discontinuous) would characterize developmental changes as

• A) gradual, quantitative, and connected over time
• B) gradual, qualitative, and unconnected over time
• C) abrupt, quantitative, and connected over time
• D) abrupt, qualitative, and unconnected over time

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Definitions:

Effectiveness

Effectiveness refers to the degree to which a process, action, or intervention achieves its intended outcome or goals under normal or real-world conditions.

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A method in statistics where a small subset of a population is chosen to accurately reflect the characteristics of the whole population.

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