Beverly doesn't spend as much time with her old co-workers or her book club, but she is spending more time with her grandchildren. She has dinner at her daughter's house twice a week and enjoys picking her grandchildren up from school on Wednesdays. What theory of social interaction and elders' psychological functioning is she demonstrating?

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Beverly is demonstrating the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, which suggests that as people age, they prioritize emotionally meaningful relationships and activities, such as spending time with family, over broader social networks.

Beverly Doesn't Spend as Much Time with Her Old Co-Workers