Deck 9: Comparison Studies Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Studies

Question 1

1) A longitudinal study:

A) Compares several groups at the same time
B) Studies participants over a rather long time
C) Studies people from differing cultures
D) Studies people living along one global longitude

Answer 1

B

Question 2

2) A cross-sectional study:

A) Compares several groups at the same time
B) Studies participants over a rather long time
C) Studies one randomly sampled group of people
D) Studies a slice of one neural fibre in the nervous system

Answer 2

A

Question 3

3) A time lag study:

A) Investigates the same group of people over rather a long period
B) Investigates several groups of people at the same time
C) Investigates equivalent samples taken at long intervals
D) Investigates one randomly sampled group of people

Answer 3

C

Question 4

4) Cross-lagged correlations are:

A) Correlations between scores taken at different times on one variable
B) Correlations between two variables measured at the same time
C) Correlations taken in a cross-sectional study
D) Correlations between two or more variables measured on the same group of people at long intervals

Question 5

5) An advantage of cross-sectional studies is that they can:

A) Follow changes in the same individuals
B) Produce a cohort effect
C) Quickly assess the effects of an intervention or treatment programme
D) Quite rapidly provide evidence for stage or developmental theories

Question 6

6) An advantage of longitudinal studies is that they can:

A) Be re-run with a minimum of expense and trouble
B) Produce a cohort effect
C) Follow through and assess the effects of an intervention or treatment programme
D) Quite rapidly provide evidence for stage or developmental theories

Question 7

7) The system of translating a psychological scale from one language to another and maintaining equivalence is known as:

A) Forward translation
B) Up translation
C) Down translation
D) Back translation

Question 8

8) A psychological construct applicable only to one or a few cultures is known as:

A) an emic
B) an etic
C) an imposed etic
D) a derived etic

Question 9

9) A universal psychological construct modified through cultural immersion to be applicable to many others is known as:

A) an emic
B) an etic
C) an imposed etic
D) a derived etic

Question 10

10) A system of social norms where individual needs are subsidiary to the group is known in cross-cultural psychology as:

A) Individualist
B) Socialist
C) Collectivist
D) Capitalist