You have noticed that your 84-year-old great-grandmother has a much smaller set of friends then she used to have.You know that the same individuals who she used to be friends with are still living in the same neighborhood.According to Cartensen,why is your grandmother not interacting with some of the people for whom she was a friend? Older adults tend to:

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According to Cartensen, older adults tend to withdraw from friendships that are not perceived as rewarding or satisfying. It is possible that your great-grandmother has had such an experience with some of her former friends, leading her to withdraw from those relationships.

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