Question

According to Paul Baltes and his colleagues, which of the following is an effective selection strategy? 46

Multiple Choice

A Keep working on what you have planned until you are successful.

B Persevere and keep trying until you reach your goal.

C Focus on the most important goal at a particular time.

D When things do not go the way they used to, search for other ways to achieve what you want.

Answer 1

C is the correct answer

Answer 2

According to Paul Baltes and his colleagues, an effective selection strategy is:

C. Focus on the mos important goal at a particular time.

Elective selection refers to processes that are involved in selecting from a pool of alternative pathways. Loss based selection is a response to having less resources or loss of previous goal relevant means, which leads to the reconstruction of one's goal hierarchy or the search for new goals.