Seventy-year-old Qing decides that he cannot remain effective at all types of gambling so he decides to focus only on blackjack, with the hopes that this narrow focus will allow him to perform better in this one area. According to the SOC approach, Qing's decision to abandon other forms of gambling represents

A. selection.
B. optimization.
C. compensation.
D. plasticity.


Answer: A

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