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luminitza

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Sixty-year-old Kwan has led a life filled with ups (a prosperous career) and downs (a battle with breast cancer) and continues to maintain the capacity to change in response to such experiences. A lifespan developmental psychologist would likely say that Kwan has
 
  a. a flawed social clock.
  b. great plasticity.
  c. minimal longevity.
  d. maturational grief.

Question 2

Which statement is NOT an assumption of the lifespan perspective?
 
  a. Development is shaped by historical context.
  b. Development can take multiple directions.
  c. Development focuses on gains not losses.
  d. Understanding development requires multiple disciplines.



eliasc0401

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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