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Compensating for Psychological Deficits and Declines: Managing Losses and Promoting Gains

Compensating for Psychological Deficits and Declines: Managing Losses and Promoting Gains

Paperback

General EducationGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 113887647X
ISBN13: 9781138876477
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: May 7 2015
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills and environmental demands is reduced or closed. These gaps can be principally the result of losses, such as those associated with aging or interpersonal role changes; injuries, such as those that may occur to the neurological or sensory systems; organic or functional diseases, such as the dementias or schizophrenia; and congenital deficits, such as those apparent in autism or some learning disabilities.

Whether the demand-skill gaps can be bridged completely, reduced only moderately, or are impossible to close, depends on a variety of factors. In every case, however, the guiding notions of compensation are that:

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