Question

Divya is 65 years old. She undergoes training and uses effective strategies to improve her memory. As a result, her memory does not decline but rather improves as she ages. According to Paul Baltes's view, which of the following aspects of the life-span perspective most likely explains the improvement in Divya's memory?
a)Development is plastic
b)Development is contextual
c)Development is multidirectional
d)Development is multidimensional

Answer 1

Answer:    A. Developmental is plastic

Explanation:  According to Paul Baltes, who has dealt with life-span perspectives for a long time, people develop throughout their lives, and claims that dominant development and improvement, that is, pronounced development and improvement, is not characteristic for certain age, on the contrary, it occurs at every age. In this particular case, an improvement in Divya's memory occurs because changes occur on neural connections and are a consequence of active interaction and communication with the environment, as well as the aforementioned changes on neural connections due to learning. All this contributes to the development of memory in these years that Divya has, so her memory is growing and not declining, but because of the aforementioned adequate strategies and the aspect of life perspective that is developmental plastic.