Paul and Margaret Baltes emphasize that people can choose to cope with physical and cognitive losses in late adulthood through selective optimization with ______
Fill in the blank with correct word
compensation
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William Kell, one of Rogers's students, conducted a research to predict the behavior of delinquent children and found that:
a. family environment was the best predictor of later behavior. b. self-insight was the best predictor of later behavior. c. genetic factors were more influential than environmental factors. d. it is impossible to predict later behavior.
The emphasis on the interplay between individual development and society is considered a
a. weakness of psychosocial theory. b. factor that is not considered in psychosocial theory. c. strength of psychosocial theory. d. psychosocial crisis embedded in psychosocial theory.
A study showed that children who were younger than 9 when they immigrated reported preferring their new language to their native language, while those older than 9 reported preferring their native language and retained more proficiency in the native language. Why is this?
A. Those older than 9 when they immigrated have more attachment to the original culture and its language. B. The younger children had more friends who spoke English and interacted more with English-speaking peers. C. Those who were older when they immigrated are expected by parents to speak the native language at home. D. Older children tend to befriend only children who speak their native language.
In which type of conflict are partial approach and ambivalence common reactions?
a. approach-approach b. avoidance-avoidance c. approach-avoidance d. multiple avoidance