Question

Bruce Chan, a 57-year-old accountant, decides to enroll in a short-term course on creative writing. He performs well in the course and is surprised that he does so despite not having engaged in creative writing for over 25 years. This scenario most likely illustrates Paul Baltes's view that development is __________.A) plastic.
B) multidisciplinary.
C) lifelong.
D) contextual.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Plastic

Explanation:

In developmental psychology, plastic development means within-person variability that is illustrated or possible for a particular behavior. Plasticity shows that every individual possesses certain identity features which are malleable. The of Bruce Chan is of plastic development since he maintained the characteristics within his personality which came to light when he was given the task of exhibiting this behavior. creative instinct was present in his personality though Chan never worked that way to get it out in the open before.