Research Methods: Designing a Study on Spatial Processing and Arithmetic
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What type of research design examines changes between participants in different age groups at a single time?

  • Cross-sectional Design (correct)
  • Correlational Research
  • Experimental Research
  • Descriptive Research

Which research design examines changes within individuals over time?

  • Descriptive Research
  • Longitudinal Design (correct)
  • Cross-sectional Design
  • Correlational Research

What is the disadvantage of a cross-sectional research design?

  • Limited to one time in history (correct)
  • Expensive
  • Cannot examine age differences
  • Provides info on age differences

Which research design provides information on cohort differences but cannot examine change over time?

<p>Cross-sectional Design (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the advantage of a longitudinal research design?

<p>Provides developmental analysis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of research design is confounded with age differences?

<p>Cross-sectional Design (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which method of data collection involves watching and monitoring people's behavior?

<p>Observational methods (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of interview involves asking open-ended questions?

<p>Open-ended interview (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which brain imaging method measures brain structure by estimating the location and orientation of white matter tracts?

<p>Diffusion Tensor Imaging (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of data collection method uses response times and accuracy rates?

<p>Computer Paradigms (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which method of data collection involves measuring brain function using oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin?

<p>Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do Sequential studies examine compared to Cross-Sectional studies?

<p>Changes within individuals over time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which period of prenatal development does the growth of lanugo and vernix caseosa occur?

<p>Second trimester (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which major direction of growth in prenatal development involves midline outward progression?

<p>Proximodistal development (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What serious outcome can occur if there are serious defects during the period of rapid organ functionality and complexity in prenatal development?

<p>Miscarriage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During the germinal period, what is the first structure that forms from the zygote?

<p>Beginning of cell division as the zygote travels down the fallopian tube (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of diffusion tensor imaging as a brain imaging method?

<p>Estimating the location and orientation of white matter tracts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measure brain function?

<p>By measuring oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin properties (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which method of data collection focuses on monitoring brain function using electrical activity?

<p>Event-related potentials (ERPs) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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