Compared to people with children, childless adults are more likely to be lonely and to lack social support

The notion that development involves gains and losses that do not always occur in a straight line exemplifies the following characteristic of the life-span perspective:

A. multidirectional. B. multidisciplinary. C. plasticity. D. multicontextual.

Julia, 13, is generally very interested in the activities she undertakes. Research suggests that

A) as she gets older, boredom will take over. B) she believes what she does has an impact on what happens to her. C) she has low expectations for the future. D) she tends to choose easily achievable tasks.