Beverly Doesn't Spend as Much Time with Her Old Co-Workers

question 32

Multiple Choice

Beverly doesn't spend as much time with her old co-workers or her book club, but she is spending more time with her grandchildren. She has dinner at her daughter's house twice a week and enjoys picking her grandchildren up from school on Wednesdays. What theory of social interaction and elders' psychological functioning is she demonstrating?

• A) Activity theory
• B) Continuity theory
• C) Disengagement theory
• D) Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

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