Which of the following is a true statement about the theories of aging?
a. Research data support the disengagement theory, activity theory, and continuity theory.
b. Everyone should be able to achieve the three tasks of Peck's model of integrity.
c. The exercise of rights is not a task of aging in Kelly's model.
d. A person may choose to avoid pursuing inner discovery in older age.
D
Some persons do not value inner psychological exploration and remain action oriented even in an older age, and others are still subject to the same demands of daily living as they were in middle age. None of these theories is clearly supported by data. Peck's tasks of ego differentiation, body transcendence, and ego transcendence demand a great deal of courage and energy that not eve-ryone possesses. Tasks of aging in Kelly's model are accepting reality, fulfilling responsibility, and exercising rights.
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