Acknowledgments List of tables and figures Introduction 1. Selectivity and failure compensation as fundamental requirements of human behavior and development 2. The life course as a context of action 3. Primary and secondary control across the life span 4. A model of developmental regulation across the life span 5. Developmental goals as organizers of developmental regulation 6. Developmental regulation in different life-course ecologies 7. Social comparisons as prototypical strategies in developmental regulation 8. Conclusions and prospects for future research References Indexes.
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