Your Text Describes a Study of Optimism and Health (Peterson

Multiple Choice

Your text describes a study of optimism and health (Peterson et al., 1998) in which participants were first interviewed in the late 1930s and then assessed periodically over the next 50 years. Your knowledge of developmental psychology allows you to identify this as a _______ study.

A) naturalistic
B) longitudinal
C) predictive
D) sequential