According to Baltes and His Colleagues, the Most Successful Adaptation

question 214

Multiple Choice

According to Baltes and his colleagues, the most successful adaptation to declining physical and cognitive abilities in late adulthood involves __________.

• A)increasing one's cognitive reserve to improve IQ scores by engaging in lifelong learning
• B)using mental images in cognitive processing, increasing his or her language skills, and nurturing cognitive functioning
• C)habituation of one's self to new environments, dishabituating one's self to old environments, and creating equilibrium in one's worldview
• D)selecting valued activities, optimizing performance in the remaining activities, and compensating for physical and cognitive declines

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Definitions:

Sociobiologists

Scientists who study the biological aspects of social behavior in animals and humans, emphasizing genetics and evolutionary explanations.

Essentialists

Individuals or theorists who believe in essentialism, the idea that certain categories of people have intrinsically fixed, fundamental characteristics.

Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA, that influence the development and functioning of living organisms.

Essentialist Perspective

The essentialist perspective is a belief that certain phenomena or categorizations are naturally occurring and immutable, often ignoring the role of social and cultural constructs.