Problem: Discuss the basic principles of Laura Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory. Accompany your discussion with specific examples from the lives of older people you know. What is your opinion of Carstensen's idea that people get happier in later life? Watch this video. Imagine you are working on the crisis line, and have a brief encounter with a man who recently lost his wife. He asked you for advice about how to help his 16-year-old daughter. Based on the video and your textbook (pay specific attention to table 15.2), what are three things that you would say to the dad to help himself and his child? Need Assignment Help?