When Maha retired as president of her company and moved to Arizona at age 70, she stopped talking about her distinguished business career as a way of

a. rejecting her past accomplishments and starting over.
b. confronting negative stereotypes of aging.
c. assimilating new experiences.
d. accommodating her self-concept to her new reality.


Answer: d

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