follow-up study

a long-term research project designed to examine the degree to which effects seen shortly after the imposition of an intervention persist over time. Follow-up studies are also used for the long-term study of participants in a laboratory experiment to examine the degree to which effects of the experimental conditions are lasting.

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November 28th 2024

agreeableness

n. the tendency to act in a cooperative, unselfish manner, construed as one end of a dimension of individual differences (agreeableness vs. disagreeableness) in the Big Five personality model. It is also a dimension in the five-factor personality model. —agreeable adj.