According to Baltes and his colleagues, the most successful adaptation to declining physical and cognitive abilities in late adulthood involves ____.

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Baltes and his colleagues proposed the theory of selective optimization with compensation, which involves focusing on areas of strength, compensating for areas of weakness, and selectively choosing which goals to pursue. This is considered the most successful adaptation to declining physical and cognitive abilities in late adulthood. The other options do not align with this theory.

According to Baltes and His Colleagues, the Most Successful Adaptation