Developmental Regulation in Adulthood: Age-Normative and Sociostructural Constraints as Adaptive Challenges
Human behavior is very flexible, capable of influencing a huge variety of developmental paths. Therefore, development in the life course needs to be regulated. The life-span theory of control proposes that control of one's environment is the key to adaptive functioning throughout the life span. This theory identifies the evolutionary roots and the life-span developmental course of human striving to control the environment (primary control) and the self (secondary control). Primary control is...
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How individuals influence and organize their life course.
AcknowledgmentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction11Selectivity and Failure Compensation as Fundamental Requirements of Human Behavior and Development72The Life Course as a Context of Action193Primary and Secondary Control across the Life Span624A Model of Developmental Regulation across the Life Span855Developmental Goals as Organizers of Developmental Regulation1026Developmental Regulation in Different Life-Course Ecologies1227Social Comparisons as Prototypical Strategies in Developmental Regulation1578Conclusions and Prospects for Future Research191References201Name Index233Subject Index239
