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Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
- 7th Edition - November 16, 2010
- Editors: K Warner Schaie, Sherry L. Willis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 0 8 8 2 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 0 8 8 3 - 7
The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and profes… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews key methodological and analytical issues in aging research. It examines some of the major historical influences that might provide explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of cohort and period differences in psychological aging processes. Part 2 includes chapters that discuss the basics and nuances of executive function; the history of the morphometric research on normal brain aging; and the neural changes that occur in the brain with aging. Part 3 deals with the social and health aspects of aging. It covers the beliefs that individuals have about how much they can control various outcomes in their life; the impact of stress on health and aging; and the interrelationships between health disparities, social class, and aging. Part 4 discusses the emotional aspects of aging; family caregiving; and mental disorders and legal capacities in older adults.
- Contains all the main areas of psychological gerontological research in one volume
- Entire section on neuroscience and aging
- Begins with a section on theory and methods
- Edited by one of the father of gerontology (Schaie) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology
Researchers and students in gerontology
Part 1: Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging
1. Enduring Theoretical Themes in Psychological Aging: Derivation, Functions, Perspectives, and Opportunities
2. Methodological and Analytical Issues in the Psychology of Aging
3. Historical Influences on Aging and Behavior
Part 2: Neuroscience, Cognition and Aging
4. Executive Function and Cognitive Aging
5. The Cognitive Consequences of Structural Changes to the Aging Brain
6. Behavior Genetics of Aging
7. Neuroplasticity, Aging, and Cognitive Function
8. Memory Changes and the Aging Brain: A Multimodal Imaging Approach
9. Age Differences in Complex Decision Making
10. Cognitive Interventions
Part 3: Social and Health Factors that Impact Aging
11. The Relevance of Control Beliefs for Health and Aging
12. The Speedometer of Life: Stress, Health and Aging
13. Health Disparities, Social Class, and Aging
14. Relationships between Adults and their Aging Parents
15. Intergenerational Communication Practices
16. Age Stereotypes and Aging
17. Aging in the Work Context
18. Wisdom, Age, and Well-Being
Part 4: Complex Behavioral Processes and Psychopathology of Aging
19. Emotional Experience and Regulation in Later Life
20. Psychopathology, Bereavement, and Aging
21. Assessment of Emotional and Personality Disorders in Older Adults
22. Neuropsychological Assessment of the Dementias of Late Life
23. Family Caregiving for Cognitively or Physically Frail Older Adults: Theory, Research, and Practice
24. Decision Making Capacity
- No. of pages: 434
- Language: English
- Edition: 7
- Published: November 16, 2010
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123808820
- eBook ISBN: 9780123808837
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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, USASW
Sherry L. Willis
Affiliations and expertise
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, U.S.A.