This critical analysis addresses the gap in affordance management, highlighting its importance for late adulthood.
Ko and Neuberg's affordance management framework compellingly addresses childhood, mating, and parenting stages but omits late adulthood - a phase defined by distinct environmental demands and adaptive goals. Including this stage would enhance developmental continuity and theoretical depth, aligning the model with empirical and evolutionary evidence on aging.
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