Identify a TRUE Statement About the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

question 12

Multiple Choice

Identify a TRUE statement about the socioemotional selectivity theory.

• A)Older adults are generally oriented toward information acquisition of information that will be useful to them in the future.
• B)Older adults are generally oriented toward information that brings emotional satisfaction in the present.
• C)Younger adults spend their time attending to positive information that fills their emotional needs today.
• D)Younger adults spend their time attending to information that is likely to bring them emotional satisfaction in their daily life.

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