When the development of the same subjects is studied over a period of time, the study is called a:

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1. Dr. Jamil wants to study the effects of poverty on one’s self concept. To do this he interviews a group of subjects from the inner city once every five years for a period of 30 years. This experiment is an example of what type-of study?

   A. Correlational study
   B. cross sectional study
   C. Gesell’s dome
   D. longitudinal study

2. When the development of the same subject is studied over a period of time, the study is called a _______________?

   A. cross-sectional study
   B. longitudinal study
   C. life-history study
   D. sequential study

3. A between subjects design is less efficient than a within subjects design because ____________?

   A. it has more subjects
   B. it has less validity
   C. it is less reliable
   D. it must deal with difference among subjects
   E. None of these

4. When subjects in an experiment are chosen so that each has an equal chance of being in either the experimental group of the control group, we say that the subjects have been assigned:

   A. alternately
   B. hypothetically
   C. randomly
   D. consecutively

5. The type of study construction in which different subjects at different developmental levels are compared is a _____________?

   A. longitudinal study
   B. cross-sectional study
   C. field study
   D. group construction

6. In Asch’s study of conformity, subjects:

   A. were ordered to give consistently wrong answers to simples
   B. were ordered to deliver painful electric shocks to stranger
   C. indicated which of three lines matched a “standard line” in length
   D. became the recipients of painful electric shocks delivered by an experimental accomplice

7. In the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

   A. had no effect on their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date
   B. increased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date
   C. decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date
   D. increased their ratings of their own attractiveness

8. To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:

   A. double-blind
   B. single-blind
   C. self-fulfilling prophesy
   D. representative sampling

9. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of development studied by psychologists?

   A. Universal aspects of development
   B. Individual differences in development
   C. Cultural differences in development
   D. Immutable laws of development
   E. None of these

10. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of development studied by psychologists?

    A. Universal aspects of development
    B. Individual differences in development
    C. Cultural differences in development
    D. Immutable laws of development
    E. None of these