Machine derived contents note: Introduction - Shirlynn Spacapan and Stuart Oskamp -- Old Age - Robert O Hansson -- Testing the Parameters of Social Psychological Assumptions -- A Social Dilemma - Melvin J Lerner et al -- Egocentrically Biased Cognitions Among Filial Caregivers -- Experiencing the Retirement Transition - Tora K Bikson and Jacqueline D Goodchilds -- Managerial and Professional Men Before and After -- Post-Retirement Life Satisfaction - Philip H Dreyer -- Environmental Proactivity and Affect in Older People - M Powell Lawton -- Personal Possessions and Their Meanings in Old Age - N Laura Kamptner -- Aging and Public Policy - J Thomas Puglisi and Larry D Rickards -- Psychological Perspectives