On the Incomplete Architecture of Human Ontogeny: Selection, Optimization, and Compensation as Foundation of Developmental Theory

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 366-380

  Baltes, Paul B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031110717     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.4.366     Document Type: Article

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