Author Question: A researcher was interested in finding out whether children's ability to exhibit self-control when ... (Read 183 times)

biggirl4568 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A researcher was interested in finding out whether children's ability to exhibit self-control when offered unhealthy food changed with age. He asked parents of three-year-old, six-year-old,

and nine-year-old children to bring their children into the laboratory, where
they were allowed to eat as much candy, cookies, and cake as they wanted. The
researcher then compared the amount of food eaten by children of the three different ages.
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Question 2

To study change over time, researchers use which three basic research designs?

observation, experiments, survey
cross-sectional, longitudinal, cross-sequential
biological, social, cognitive
significance, odds ratio, factor analysis

karmakat49 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a naturalistic observation.
cross-sectional research.
longitudinal research.
cross-sequential research.

Answer to Question 2

cross-sectional, longitudinal, cross-sequential