Baltes and Baltes found that adults use their intellectual strengths to offset their age-related declining abilities through the process of:.
A. optimization of maturation and wisdom.
B. compensatory thinking.
C. selective optimization with compensation.
D. maturation of compensation.

C. selective optimization with compensation.

Explanation:

selective optimization with compensation is a theory that was founded by Paul and Margaret Baltes, this theory proposed that individual seek to maintain a stable situation in their respective life by seeking for a way to derived more personal benefit in the individual lives.

selective optimization with compensation can also be seen as a strategy whereby the health and well-being of adult improve drastically.

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