COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN AGING AND DISENGAGEMENT / KURT W. BACK and KENNETH J. GERGEN.

PREVIOUS THEORIES OF THE AGING PROCESS HAVE DERIVED BEHAVIOR AS NECESSARY FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL OR INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES. AN INTERMEDIATE THEORY, PERSONAL ORIENTATION, ALLOWS THE INDIVIDUAL THE POSSIBILITY OF CHOICE WITHIN HIS CAPACITIES AND SOCIAL SITUATION. THIS THEORY IS BASED ON A DISENGAGEMENT THE...

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Main Authors: Back, Kurt W.
Gergen, Kenneth J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1966.
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Physical Description:7 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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