Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Name: Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
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ISBN: 9780123808820

ISBN-10: 0123808820

ISBN-13: 9780123808820

Edition: 7th 2011

Authors: K. Warner Schaie, Sherry L. Willis

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Book details

List price: $72.99
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 12/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 434
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

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…



Contributors


Foreword


Preface


About the Editors



Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging



Enduring Theoretical Themes in Psychological Aging: Derivation, Functions, Perspectives, and Opportunities




Methodological and Analytical Issues in the Psychology of Aging




Historical Influences on Aging and Behavior




Neuroscience, Cognition and Aging



Executive Function and Cognitive Aging




The Cognitive Consequences of Structural Changes to the Aging Brain




Behavior Genetics of Aging




Neuroplasticity, Aging, and Cognitive Function




Memory Changes and the Aging Brain: A Multimodal Imaging Approach




Age Differences in Complex Decision Making




Cognitive Interventions




Social and Health Factors that Impact Aging



The Relevance of Control Beliefs for Health and Aging




The Speedometer of Life: Stress, Health and Aging




Health Disparities, Social Class, and Aging




Relationships between Adults and their Aging Parents




Intergenerational Communication Practices




Age Stereotypes and Aging




Aging in the Work Context




Wisdom, Age, and Well-Being




Complex Behavioral Processes and Psychopathology of Aging



Emotional Experience and Regulation in Later Life




Psychopathology, Bereavement, and Aging




Assessment of Emotional and Personality Disorders in Older Adults




Neuropsychological Assessment of the Dementias of Late Life




Family Caregiving for Cognitively or Physically Frail Older Adults: Theory, Research, and Practice




Decision Making Capacity



Author Index


Subject Index