Zucker, Ostrove, and Stewart (2002) surveyed a group of young adult women with an average age of 26, a different group of middle-aged women who had an average age of 46, and a third group of older women who had an average age of 66years old
After comparing the data from the three groups, the researchers found that feelings of generativity were stronger in midlife than in young adulthood, and that those feelings tended to plateau in late adulthood. This research design is known as _______________.
a) longitudinal design
b) 2x2 design
c) cross-sectional design
d) experimental design
Answer: c
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A) inhibits B) causes C) is unrelated to D) predicts
The theory suggesting that overall processing speed declines in the peripheral nervous system with increasing age is called
a) pulmonary hardening theory. b) peripheral slowing hypothesis. c) generalized slowing hypothesis. d) decreased myelination theory.