The observation that older adults often become nostalgic for the "good old days" reflects the self-image hypothesis, which states that
A) life in a society gets more complicated and difficult as generations pass.
B) memory for life events is enhanced during the time we assume our life identities.
C) people tend to remember more of the positive events in their lives than negative ones.
D) our memories change as we live longer and have more "lifetime periods" to draw events from.

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The self-image hypothesis suggests that people tend to remember events more vividly from their life identities, which for many older adults, may be associated with the past. Therefore, the nostalgia for the "good old days" could be a result of enhanced memory for positive events from that time period. The other answer choices do not directly relate to the self-image hypothesis.

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