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According to socioemotional selectivity theory, when time is perceived as _____, as it is when individuals are younger, people are more strongly motivated to pursue information, even at the cost of emotional satisfaction.

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open-ended

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Socioemotional selectivity theory is the study of how time is viewed by people of different age group and emotions. It states that young people tend to perceive time as or open-ended and thus engage themselves in the knowledge related goals which would be fruitful in the future, on the other hand, old age people invent in the emotional goals as they perceive time as more limited. The perception of time with different age group result n different goal orientation.

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