Developmental Psychology Developmental Regulation Across the Life Span: Toward a New Synthesis
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How can individuals regulate their own development to live happy, healthy, and productive lives? Major theories of developmental regulation across the life span have been proposed (e.g., dual-process model of assimilation and accommodation; motivational theory of life-span development; model of selection, optimization, and compensation), but they have rarely been integrated. We provide an integ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2012