Joaquin believes that older adults deliberately withdraw from social contact with individuals who are peripheral to their lives while maintaining or increasing contact with close friends and family members with whom they have had enjoyable relationships. He is a proponent of

socioemotional selectivity theory.
selective optimization with compensation theory.
social discontinuity theory.
activity theory.


socioemotional selectivity theory.

Psychology

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b. strong smells. c. very bright lights. d. strong magnetic fields.

Psychology

During the stage of two-word speech, children use wh- words when asking questions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

Stranger anxiety is

A) uncommon in well-adjusted toddlers. B) less likely if the unfamiliar adult picks up the wary infant. C) less common in cultures where babies are frequently passed from one adult to another. D) more common in cultures where babies are frequently passed from one adult to another.

Psychology

The vomeronasal organ __________.

A. is critical for sexual behavior in dolphins B. of a human is heavily innervated by neurons C. is the receptive organ for pheromones D. projects to the accessory optic area and then to the primary visual cortex

Psychology