Which of the following is a major argument AGAINST the use of cross-sectional research designs in studying adult development?
a. They require too much time to collect data.
b. They typically involve non-representative samples.
c. They confound age and cohort.
d. They do not allow comparisons of sub-groups, such as middle-class and working-class, or black and white.
c
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a. Descriptive b. Correlation c. Experimental d. Quasi-experimental
The Gate Control Theory of pain proposes that three factors are involved in
determining how much pain is felt. Which of the following is NOT one of these factors? a. activity in the small pain fibers b. activity in large-diameter fibers c. activity in hyper-sensitivity fibers d. messages that descent from the brain e. all of the above (that is, none are components of the Gate Control Theory)