The Life-Events Approach to Understanding Adult Development Has Been Criticized

question 100

Multiple Choice

The life-events approach to understanding adult development has been criticized because it focuses:

• A)too much on change and too little on stability.
• B)too little on common life events that do not significantly alter development.
• C)too much on the concept of midlife crisis to explain development.
• D)too little on universal coping strategies that minimize the effects of major life events.

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