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Normative age-graded influences are experiences caused by biological, psychological, and socio-cultural forces that are closely related to a person’s age.
Normative commitment refers to the extent to which employees feel an obligation to remain with an organization.
Normative conformity refers to the tendency to go along with the group in order to fulfill their expectations and gain acceptance
Normative development refer to developmental changes that characterize most or all members of a species; typical patterns of development.
Normative developmental task of older adulthood is the achievement of ego integrity versus despair or disgust; according to Erikson; self -actualization (Maslow); reconciliation (Birren)
Normative history-graded influences are events experienced by most people in a culture at the same time.
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