Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2261 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Emotion in Late Adulthood
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The idea
With age, positive affect rises and negative affect falls, one reason depression declines in late adulthood.
In practice
Older adults choosing uplifting activities and avoiding needlessly distressing ones to maximize positive emotion.
Where people slip
This pattern fits both integrity and gerotranscendence, and it contradicts the stereotype of the gloomy elder.
Your place on the trail
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