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1. A developmental scientist with a mechanistic metamodel ______. Group of answer choices emphasizes that development is multidirectional and adaptive views development as a series of stages focuses on quantitative differences between age groups emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts 2. Which of the following are important aspects of the life-span developmental perspective? Group of answer choices Development is plastic. Development is embedded in historical, social, and cultural contexts. Development proceeds in only one direction. Development continues throughout life. Draws on all three metamodels and similar to contextual. 3. Which statement is closest to the life-span development perspective? Group of answer choices There are gains and losses over the life span with a shift in proportion in older adulthood toward more gains than losses. Up to the point of young adulthood there are only gains, after which there are losses in every aspect of functioning. People make steady gains from young to older adulthood and there are never any losses. There are gains and losses over the life span with a shift in older adulthood toward a greater proportion of losses than of gains. 4. Age is a(n) _______ variable. Group of answer choices independent dependent experimental organismic None of these 5. Which method of research is best for keeping track of age-related changes over time in an individual person (intra-individual variability)? Group of answer choices Cross sectional Longitudinal Time lag Quasi-experimental 6. Professor Jones wants to conduct a study on a sample of 60-year-old adults who expect to retire from their jobs in 5 years. He will administer a questionnaire that asks them what they plan to do once they do retire. Then he will locate these same people every 5 years (until they are age 75) to find out whether they followed their original plans for retirement. Which research design is Professor Jones using for his study? Group of answer choices Cross sectional Time lag Experimental Longitudinal 7. Professor Martinez is interested in comparing the attitude today's 70-year-old adults have toward using computers with the attitude that 70-year-old adults had 10 years ago. Assuming that she has computer attitude measures from a group of 70-year-old adults taken this year and computer attitude measures from a group of 70-year-old adults made 10 years ago, which type of research design does Professor Adams have? Group of answer choices Sequential Longitudinal Time lag Cross sectional 8.The meta-analytic approach to conducting research involves synthesizing summary statistics from a variety of individual studies. Group of answer choices True False