title: The many faces of human ageing: toward a psychological culture of old age.
abstract: In an effort to distil major findings about the nature of human ageing, seven propositions are presented as a guiding frame of reference. This propositional framework is then used to specify some conditions for a positive culture of old age and to advance one possible model of good psychological ageing. This model focuses on the dynamic interplay between three processes: selection, optimization, and compensation. The model is universal in its basic features, but at the same time emphasizes individual variations in phenotypic manifestation.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Baltes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D010684:Philosophy; D011936:Reality Testing