Baltes and Baltes Found That Adults Use Their Intellectual Strengths

question 15

Multiple Choice

Baltes and Baltes found that adults use their intellectual strengths to offset their age-related declining abilities through the process of _____.

• A) compensatory thinking
• B) selective optimization with compensation
• C) maturation of compensation
• D) optimization of maturation and wisdom

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Definitions:

Likelihood Probabilities

Refers to the use of probabilities to express the plausibility of parameter values given a sample of data, central in statistical inference.

Prior Probabilities

The likelihoods of different outcomes or events before new evidence is considered, used in Bayesian statistics.

Posterior Probabilities

The probabilities assigned to hypotheses or outcomes after taking into consideration the relevant evidence and the prior probabilities.

Malignant Cyst

A type of growth or tumor that can invade surrounding tissues and spread to other parts of the body, considered cancerous.