Author Question: Orville Gilbert Brim contributed to human development through his work on social role theory. He ... (Read 76 times)

CBme · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Orville Gilbert Brim contributed to human development through his work on social role theory. He described the process of sustaining well-being and life satisfaction in later adulthood as

a. refusing to set new goals and thereby avoiding failure.
b. becoming totally engrossed in one project at a time.
c. establishing goals that match one's desire for mastery with one's current level of ability.
d. setting increasingly ambitious goals.

Question 2

The desire to have a positive impact on the world is referred to as

a. an inability to care for non-family members.
b. belief in one's ability to be generative.
c. subjective sense of accomplishment of generativity. d. generative motivation.