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The Developing Person … he allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Developmental Psychology Studies physical, cognitive psychosocial changes across the life span Two methods of conducting research Longitudinal research Study the same participants over a long period of time Problems: expensive and possible drop-outs Cross-sectional research Groups of Ps, of different ages, studied at same time Pro