Sophie, an 80-year-old woman with several chronic medical conditions, was placed in a nursing home. At first, she was cheerful and active, but now she is agitated, aggressive toward other residents, and acting out toward the nursing staff. This nursing home is for people with severe cognitive deficits. How would this situation be analyzed in the competence model of Lawton and Nahemow?

This behavior is due to high personal competence and low environmental stress; press

Explanation:

Generally, we know that aging come with a lot of difficulties which may include strangeness when faced with a new environment that has the capacity to interfere with how one can exercise independence and autonomy.  Sophie began to act that way because she has high personal competence and low environmental stress, which shows that her mental health and cognitive abilities are still intact.