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In the later years of life, individuals who maximize their gains and minimize their losses are engaging in what is known as


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Social Change

The transformation over time of the institutions, culture, and structure of society.

Exponential Growth

A process of increase where the quantity grows at a rate proportional to its current value, leading to rapid escalation over time, commonly used in reference to populations, investments, and infectious disease spread.

Unilinear Evolutionary Theory

The assertion that there is only one path through which an organism or society can evolve.

Universal Evolutionary Theory

A concept in sociology that attempts to explain the development of societies from simple to complex forms over time through a process of evolution.

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