According to Researchers Margaret Baltes and Laura Carstensen, Successful Aging

question 101

Multiple Choice

According to researchers Margaret Baltes and Laura Carstensen, successful aging involves _______.

• A) letting go and accepting one's place in the sweep of history
• B) emotionally detaching oneself from people and situations
• C) reshaping one's life to seek emotional fulfillment
• D) doing as little as possible

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Definitions:

Pheromones

Chemical substances produced and released into the environment by an animal, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species.

Amygdala

An almond-shaped mass of nuclei located deep within the temporal lobes of the brain, involved in emotion regulation, memory processing, and decision-making.

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain below the thalamus, responsible for coordinating both the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary, regulating body temperature, thirst, hunger, and other homeostatic systems.