Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2266 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Continuity Theory
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The idea
Atchley's continuity theory holds that in adapting to aging, adults try to preserve existing internal and external structures, using strategies tied to their past experience.
In practice
A lifelong reader who, after retiring, joins a book club and keeps her decades-old morning routine.
Where people slip
Continuity, in Atchley's view, is a grand adaptive strategy supported both by personal preference and by social approval.
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