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Anne is a corporate executive in her late 50s who has thrived in a fast-paced, multitasking, sleep-deprived world for many years. Now she makes careless errors, must focus on one task at a time, and often feels tired. Why?
 
  She may be experiencing hypertension.
  She is exhibiting early signs of Alzheimer's disease.
  She is experiencing a normal shallow decline in brain-dependent abilities.
  Her brain size has been reduced to such an extent that she is no longer able
  to complete many tasks.

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What did Baltes and Baltes call the capacity of adults to use their intellectual strengths to compensate for declining capacities?
 
  compensatory thinking
  selective optimization with compensation
  maturation of compensation
  optimization of maturation and wisdom


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Laurenleakan

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

She is experiencing a normal shallow decline in brain-dependent abilities.

Answer to Question 2

selective optimization with compensation


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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you


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No problem :)


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