The best research design to determine the extent to which family experiences influence the development of psychopathic traits is:
A)prospective longitudinal studies
B)retrospective studies
C)cross-sectional studies
D)experimental
E)We do not yet know how to study these phenomena.

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Prospective longitudinal studies would follow individuals over time, allowing for the examination of family experiences and psychopathic traits as they develop. Retrospective studies may be subject to recall bias, cross-sectional studies only examine a snapshot in time, and experimental designs may not be ethical or feasible for studying the development of psychopathic traits.

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