A developmental psychologist believes that increased TV watching by young children is responsible for a decline in reading stories when these children enter school. To explore her hypothesis, she records the TV viewing habits of toddlers in a suburban community. She examines these habits again when the children enter kindergarten and again every year until the kids enter the sixth grade. This is the ________ method.
A) experimental
B) cross-sectional
C) biographical
D) longitudinal

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The researcher is studying the same group of individuals (toddlers in the community) over a period of time, collecting data at multiple points in time as they progress through school. This is a longitudinal method.

A Developmental Psychologist Believes That Increased TV Watching by Young