Synopses & Reviews
The
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 6e provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of recent research on the psychological aspects of aging. The 22 chapters are organized into four divisions: Concepts, Theories, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging; Biological and Social Influences on Aging; Behavioral Processes and Aging; and Complex Behavioral Concepts and Processes in Aging.
The 6th edition of the Handbook is considerably changed from the previous edition. Half of the chapters are on new topics and the remaining half are on returning subjects that are entirely new presentations by different authors of new material. Some of the exciting new topics include Contributions of Cognitive Neuroscience to Understanding Behavior and Aging, Everyday Problem Solving and Decision Making, Autobiographical Memory, and Religion and Health Late in Life.
The Handbook will be of use to researchers and professional practitioners working with the aged. It is also suitable for use as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of aging.
The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Sixth Edition is part of the Handbooks on Aging series, including Handbook of the Biology of Aging and Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, also in their 6th editions.
Synopsis
The
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 6e provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of recent research on the psychological aspects of aging. The 22 chapters are organized into four divisions: Concepts, Theories, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging; Biological and Social Influences on Aging; Behavioral Processes and Aging; and Complex Behavioral Concepts and Processes in Aging.
The 6th edition of the Handbook is considerably changed from the previous edition. Half of the chapters are on new topics and the remaining half are on returning subjects that are entirely new presentations by different authors of new material. Some of the exciting new topics include Contributions of Cognitive Neuroscience to Understanding Behavior and Aging, Everyday Problem Solving and Decision Making, Autobiographical Memory, and Religion and Health Late in Life.
The Handbook will be of use to researchers and professional practitioners working with the aged. It is also suitable for use as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of aging.
Synopsis
This thorough update of this classic is virtually 100% new material!
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as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of aging.
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nd the remaining half are on returning subjects that are entirely new presentations by different authors of new material. Some of the exciting new topics include Contributions of Cognitive Neuroscience to Understanding Behavior and Aging, Everyday Problem Solving and Decision Making, Autobiographical Memory, and Religion and Health Late in Life.
The Handbook will be of use to researchers and professional practitioners working with the aged. It is also suitable for use as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of aging.
About the Author
James E. Birren is currently Associate Director of the Center on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles, and serves as an adjunct professor in medicine, psychiatry, and biobehavioral sciences. He is also professor emeritus of gerontology and psychology at the University of Southern California. Dr. Birren's previous postions include service as Chief of the section on aging of the National Institute of Mental Health, founding Executive Director and Dean of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center of USC, founding Director of the Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research at UCLA, and President of the Gerontological Society of America, the Western Gerontological Society, and the Division on Adult Development and Aging of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Birren's many awards include the Brookdale Foundation Award for Gerontological Research, the Sandoz prize for Gerontological Research, and the award for outstanding contribution to gerontology by the Canadian Association of Gerontology. Author of over 250 scholarly publications, Dr. Birren has research interests including how speed of behavior changes with age, the causes and consequences of slowed information processing in the older nervous system, the effect of age on decision-making processes, and the role of expertise in skilled occupations. He has served as a delegate to several White House Conferences on Aging and continues to have a strong interest in developing national priorities for research and education related to issues of aging.K. Warner Schaie is the Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Center at the Pennsylvania State University. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. A fellow of the Gerontological Society and the American Psychological Association, Professor Schaie has served as president of the APA Division of Adult Development and Aging and as editor of the
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Author of over 250 scholarly publications on the psychology of aging, Dr. Schaie has interests including the life course of adult intelligence, its antecedents and modifiability, and methodological issues in the developmental sciences. Dr. Schaie has received the Kleemeier Award for Distinguished Research Contributions from the Gerontological Society of America and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the American Psychological Association.
College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
Table of Contents
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Sixth Edition
Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
About the Editors
Part I: Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging Chapter 1. Theoretical Issues in the Psychology of Aging
Timothy A. Salthouse
Chapter 2. Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging
Scott M. Hofer and Martin J. Sliwinski
Part II: Biological and Social Influences on Aging and Behavior
Chapter 3. Behavior Genetics and Aging
George P. Vogler
Chapter 4. Contributions of Cognitive Neuroscience to the Understanding of Behavior and Aging
Arthur F. Kramer, Monica Fabiani, and Stanley J. Colcombe
Chapter 5. Health, Behavior, and Optimal Aging: A Life Span Developmental Perspective
Carolyn M. Aldwin, Avron Spiro III, and Crystal L. Park
Chapter 6. Environmental Gerontology: Progress in the Post-Lawton Era
Rick J. Scheidt and Paul G. Windley
Chapter 7. Vision and Aging
Frank Schieber
Chapter 8. Aging, Complexity, and Motor Performance
Karl M. Newell, David E. Vaillancourt, and Jacob J. Sosnoff
Chapter 9. Changing Role of the Speed of Processing Construct in the Cognitive Psychology of Human Aging
Alan Hartley
Chapter 10. Memory Aging
William J. Hoyer and Paul Verhaeghen
Chapter 11. Applied Learning and Aging: A Closer Look at Reading
Bonnie J. F. Meyer and Carlee K. Pollard
Chapter 12. Language Comprehension and Production in Normal Aging
Robert Thornton and Leah L. Light
Chapter 13. Selection, Optimization, and Compensation as Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptive Resource Allocation: Review and Preview
Michaela Riediger, Shu-Chen Li and Ulman Lindenberger
Chapter 14. Everyday Problem Solving and Decision Making
Michael Marsiske and Jennifer A. margrett
Chapter 15. Aging and the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion
Laura L. Carstensen, Joseph A. Mikels, and Mara Mather
Chapter 16. Personality and Aging
Daniel K. Mroczek, Avron Spiro III, and Paul W. Griffin
Chapter 17. Attitudes Toward Aging and Their Effects on Behavior
Thomas M. Hess
Chapter 18. Improving the Mental Health of Older Adults
Bob G. Knight, Brian Kaskie, Gia Robinson Shurgot, and Jennifer Dave
Chapter 19. Adaptive Technology
Charles T. Scialfa and Geoff R. Fernie
Part IV: Complex Behavioral Concepts and Processes in Aging
Chapter 20. Wisdom and Aging
Gerard M. Brugman
Chapter 21. Autobiographical Memory and the Narrative Self over the Life Span
James E. Birren and Johannes J. F. Schroots
Chapter 22. Religion and Health in Late Life
Neal Krause
Author Index
Subject Index
6. Brain and Behavior Author - R.Cabeza 7. Behavioral Neuroscience Author - Art Kramer 8. Health, Stress, and Behavior Author - Carolyn Aldwin 9. Health Disparities and Minority Aging Author - Keith Whitfield 10. Environmental Influences on Aging and Behavior Author - Rick Scheidt Part III: Behavioral Processes and Aging 11. Changes in Vision and Hearing with Age Author - Frank Schieber 12. Motor Behavior and Exercise Author - James Blumenthal, Karl Newall 13. Aging, Memory, and Attention Author - Art Wingfield, Bill Hoyer 14. Aging and Language Author - Elizabeth Stine-Morrow 15. Cognitive Development Author - Ulman Lindenberger 16. Wisdom Author - Gerard Brugman, Ursula Staudinger 17. Emotion and Motivation Author - C. E. Izard, C. Z. Malatesta, Edward Deiner 18. Personality Author - Dan Mrocek 19. Social Relations Author - Karen Fingerman 20. Mental Health and Adjustment Author - Margy Gatz 21. Speed of Behavior and Aging Author - Tim Salthouse Part IV: Behavior and Aging in Environmental Contexts 22. Autobiographical Memory and the Aging Self Author - James Birren 23. Adaptive Aging: The Role of Technology Author - Chip Scialfa 24. Quality of Life and Aging Author - Robert Kaplan 25. Religion and Aging Author - Neal Krause 26. Sexual Behavior and Aging Author - Susan Whitbourne 27. Everyday Problem solving Author - Mary Ann Parish-Stephens, Don Marson, Mary Ann Parish-Stephens