How Has the Study of Adult Development Changed Over Time

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Multiple Choice

How has the study of adult development changed over time?

• A) After the population shift of the 1990s, developmental theorists focused their studies more on adult development, leading to a diminished interest in child and adolescent development.
• B) It was extensively studied during the social justice conscience efforts of the 1960s, but interest faded out by the 1980s.
• C) Today, researchers have expanded their work and are beginning to study it more and more.
• D) Developmental theorists overlooked this field of study because adulthood developmental changes are primary physical, and NOT social and cognitive.

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