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

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This is a longitudinal study because it follows the same group of participants and assesses them periodically over a long period of time, in this case, 50 years, to observe changes or outcomes.

Your Text Describes a Study of Optimism and Health (Peterson