The "Woodstock era" brings to mind middle- and upper-middle-class individuals who reached late adolescence or early adulthood in the later 1960s. A developmental psychologist might refer to such a group as a _______. Differences between such groups represent a confound in ________ designs.
A)generation; cross-sectional
B)generation; longitudinal
C)cohort; cross-sectional
D)cohort; longitudinal

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Cohort refers to a group of people who have shared a particular event together during a specific period of time, which fits the description of individuals from the "Woodstock era." Differences between such groups (cohorts) can confound cross-sectional designs, which compare different groups at one point in time, because the differences might not be due to the variable being studied but rather to the characteristics specific to each cohort.

The "Woodstock Era" Brings to Mind Middle- and Upper-Middle-Class Individuals