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Title: Collecting follow-up data each year on the same children while they grow is the hallmark of the ____ ...
Post by: fstiles93 on Mar 17, 2018
Collecting follow-up data each year on the same children while they grow is the hallmark of the ____ research design.
 
  a. quasi-experimental
  b. correlational
  c. cross-sectional
  d. longitudinal

Question 2

For interactionists, language's main function is to
 
  a. provide employment for language teachers.
  b. discourage inappropriate evocations of parentese.
  c. foster emotional bonds between parent and child.
  d. communicate ideas among people.

Question 3

A strong advantage of the longitudinal design is
 
  a. that informed consent is unnecessary.
  b. its ability to discern differences among cohorts.
  c. that it follows the development of individuals.
  d. its immunity from selective attrition.

Question 4

The interactionist perspective implies that infants are not able to use words denoting past or future until
 
  a. they are able to think about remote past or future time.
  b. they have learned how to read time from clocks.
  c. the punctuality principle is appreciated by the child.
  d. after the child is reminded by others to attend to time.

Question 5

Cross-sectional comparison is like
 
  a. staring at a candle while it gradually burns.
  b. looking into classrooms while walking through a school.
  c. voting with a Florida-style punch-card ballot.
  d. shopping for various vegetables in a supermarket.


Title: Collecting follow-up data each year on the same children while they grow is the hallmark of the ____ ...
Post by: m0502428 on Mar 17, 2018
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