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luminitza · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Heckhausen found in a study of young, middle-aged, and elderly adults that elderly people had fewer aspirations regarding work, finances, and family and more aspirations related to health,

community, and leisure pursuits than young adults. These age-related shifts in aspirations illustrate
a. increasing use of primary control strategies with age.
b. increasing use of secondary control strategies with age.
c. fewer needs for autonomy in old age.
d. disenchantment.

Question 2

Julio has worked for his local township for 30 years, rising from a park maintenance worker to team supervisor to coordinator of park maintenance operations.

At 64 he is planning his retirement, hoping to have some time to work creatively in his own garden and accommodate his wife Gloria's longing to travel abroad after she retires from her job as a social worker. Because Julio is planning his retirement
a. the first year of retirement will be happier than it would otherwise be.
b. all of his retirement years are likely to be happier than they would otherwise be.
c. he will have a harder time adjusting to the real changes he experiences.
d. he will probably have no difficulty adjusting to retirement.