__________ says that older adults spend more time on information that brings them emotional satisfaction in the present and less time on information that might be useful for the future.

A. Piaget’s cognitive development theory
B. Kohlberg’s moral development theory
C. Carstensen’s socioemotional selectivity theory
D. Bowlby’s internal working model
E. Erikson’s psychosocial theory


C. Carstensen’s socioemotional selectivity theory

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