Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
- 4th Edition - March 27, 1996
- Latest edition
- Editors: James E. Birren, K Warner Schaie
- Language: English
The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging has become the definitive reference source for information on the psychology of adult development and aging. This new edition reviews recent… Read more
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The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging has become the definitive reference source for information on the psychology of adult development and aging. This new edition reviews recent developments in research on such topics as social and biological influences on behavior, cognitive functions in the aging individual, and motivational and personality changes with age. The Handbook features a strong emphasis on systematic explanation and covers important theoretical and methodological issues that form the basis for research on adult development and aging.
@introbul:Key Features
@bul:* Structural and functional changes in the aging brain
* Social cognition and aging
* Religion, spirituality, and aging
* Posture, gait, and falls
* Everyday problem solving
* Aging, job performance, and career development
@bul:* Structural and functional changes in the aging brain
* Social cognition and aging
* Religion, spirituality, and aging
* Posture, gait, and falls
* Everyday problem solving
* Aging, job performance, and career development
Professional-level researchers and academicians in gerontology and developmental psychology. Appropriate for use as text in upper-level undergraduate/graduate courses.
Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging:
J.E. Birren and J.J.F. Schroots, History, Concepts, and Theory in the Psychology of Aging.
C. Hertzog, Research Design in Studies of Aging and Cognition.
L.M. Collins, Measurement of Change in Research on Aging: Old and New Issues from an Individual Growth Perspective.
Biological and Social Influences on Behavior:
N.L. Pedersen, Gerontological Behavior Genetics.
A. Hakeem, G.R. Sandoval, M. Jones, and J. Allman, Brain and Life Span in Primates.
A.B. Scheibel, Structural and Functional Changes in the Aging Brain.
D.J.H. Deeg, J.W.P.F. Kardaun, and J.L. Fozard, Health, Behavior, and Aging.
F. Blanchard-Fields and R.P. Abeles, Social Cognition and Aging.
S.H. McFadden, Religion, Spirituality, and Aging.
Behavioral Processes:
D.W. Kline and C.T. Scialfa, Visual and Auditory Aging.
G.G. Simoneau and H.W. Leibowitz, Posture, Gait, and Falls.
S.-H. Filipp, Motivation and Emotion.
A.D. Smith, Memory.
D.G. MacKay and L. Abrams, Language, Memory, and Aging: Distributed Deficits and the Structure of New-versus-Old Connections.
K.W. Schaie, Intellectual Development in Adulthood.
S.L. Willis, Everyday Problem Solving.
J.-E. Ruth and P. Coleman, Personality and Aging: Coping and Management of the Self in Later Life.
S. Berg, Aging, Behavior, and Terminal Decline.
M.J. Stones and A. Kozma, Activity, Exercise, and Behavior.
T.A. Salthouse and T.J. Maurer, Aging, Job Performance, and Career Development.
M. Gatz, J.E. Kasl-Godley, and M.J. Karel, Aging and Mental Disorders.
Chapter References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
J.E. Birren and J.J.F. Schroots, History, Concepts, and Theory in the Psychology of Aging.
C. Hertzog, Research Design in Studies of Aging and Cognition.
L.M. Collins, Measurement of Change in Research on Aging: Old and New Issues from an Individual Growth Perspective.
Biological and Social Influences on Behavior:
N.L. Pedersen, Gerontological Behavior Genetics.
A. Hakeem, G.R. Sandoval, M. Jones, and J. Allman, Brain and Life Span in Primates.
A.B. Scheibel, Structural and Functional Changes in the Aging Brain.
D.J.H. Deeg, J.W.P.F. Kardaun, and J.L. Fozard, Health, Behavior, and Aging.
F. Blanchard-Fields and R.P. Abeles, Social Cognition and Aging.
S.H. McFadden, Religion, Spirituality, and Aging.
Behavioral Processes:
D.W. Kline and C.T. Scialfa, Visual and Auditory Aging.
G.G. Simoneau and H.W. Leibowitz, Posture, Gait, and Falls.
S.-H. Filipp, Motivation and Emotion.
A.D. Smith, Memory.
D.G. MacKay and L. Abrams, Language, Memory, and Aging: Distributed Deficits and the Structure of New-versus-Old Connections.
K.W. Schaie, Intellectual Development in Adulthood.
S.L. Willis, Everyday Problem Solving.
J.-E. Ruth and P. Coleman, Personality and Aging: Coping and Management of the Self in Later Life.
S. Berg, Aging, Behavior, and Terminal Decline.
M.J. Stones and A. Kozma, Activity, Exercise, and Behavior.
T.A. Salthouse and T.J. Maurer, Aging, Job Performance, and Career Development.
M. Gatz, J.E. Kasl-Godley, and M.J. Karel, Aging and Mental Disorders.
Chapter References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: March 27, 1996
- Language: English
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James E. Birren
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.
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.KS
K Warner Schaie
K. Warner Schaie holds an appointment as affiliate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He is also the Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Human Development and Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Washington, an honorary Dr. Phil. from the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany, and an honorary Sc.D. degree from West Virginia University. He received the Kleemeier Award for Distinguished Research Contributions and the Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award from the Gerontological Society of America, the MENSA lifetime career award, and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions award from the American Psychological Association. He is a past president of the APA Division of Adult Development and Aging and currently represents that Division on the APA Council of Representatives. He is author or editor of more than 60 books including the textbook Adult Development and Aging (5th edition, with S.L. Willis) and of all previous editions of the Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (with J.E. Birren or S.L. Willis). He has directed the Seattle Longitudinal Study of cognitive aging since 1956 and is the author of more than 300 journal articles and chapters on the psychology of aging. His current research interest is in the life course of adult intelligence, its antecedents and modifiability, the impact of cognitive behavior in midlife upon the integrity of brain structures in old age, the early detection of risk for dementia, as well as methodological issues in the developmental sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA