A(n) __________ refers to a group of people who lived during the same time period

A) cohort
B) constituency
C) peer group
D) age cluster

Answer: A
Rationale: In a cross-sectional developmental study, "cohort" and "generation" refer to similar things. The point of these studies is to compare different age cohorts at a single point in time.

Psychology

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