According to Socioemotional Selectivity Theory,younger Adults Are Generally Oriented Toward

question 66

Multiple Choice

According to socioemotional selectivity theory,younger adults are generally oriented toward acquiring inFormation useful to them in the future,and older adults are generally oriented toward inFormation that:

• A)increases their understanding of the past.
• B)gives them satisfaction in the present.
• C)is relevant to their work.
• D)validates the role they previously played in society.

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Definitions:

Spreading Activation

A model of how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that spreading activation from one concept in a network triggers the retrieval of related concepts.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is reinforced, helping to differentiate it from other stimuli where the response would not be reinforced.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the likelihood of a behavior is increased or decreased through reinforcement or punishment.

Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology that increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, through positive or negative stimuli.