| Description |
ix, 803 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Essential papers in psychoanalysis |
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Essential papers in psychoanalysis.
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| Contents |
Introduction / M. Powell Lawton and Timothy A. Salthouse -- Pt. 1. Theory. 1. Toward an Experimental Psychology of Aging / James E. Birren. 2. A General Model for the Study of Developmental Problems / K. Warner Schaie. 3. Engagement and Disengagement: Toward a Theory of Adult Development / William E. Henry. 4. Disengagement and Patterns of Aging / Robert J. Havighurst, Bernice L. Neugarten and Sheldon S. Tobin. 5. Theoretical Propositions of Life-Span Developmental Psychology: On the Dynamics between Growth and Decline / Paul B. Baltes -- Pt. 2. Basic Psychological Processes. 6. The Applicability of Mental Tests to Persons over Fifty Years of Age / Josephine Curtis Foster and Grace A. Taylor. 7. The Growth and Decline of Intelligence: A Study of a Homogeneous Group between the Ages of Ten and Sixty / Harold Ellis Jones and Herbert S. Conrad. 8. Measures of Certain Human Abilities throughout the Life Span / Walter R. Miles. 9. Influence of Speed and Age on Intelligence Scores of Adults / Catharine Cox Miles. 10. Age and Mental Ability in Superior Men / Keith Sward. 11. The Creative Production Rates of Present versus Past Generations of Scientists / Harvey C. Lehman. 12. Age Differences in Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence / John L. Horn and Raymond B. Cattell. 13. The Seattle Longitudinal Studies of Adult Intelligence / K. Warner Schaie. 14. Memory Storage and Aging / David Schonfield and Betty-Anne Robertson. 15. Age Differences in Recall and Recognition / Fergus I. M. Craik and Joan M. McDowd. 16. Lifetime Maintenance of High School Mathematics Content / Harry P. Bahrick and Lynda K. Hall. 17. Concept Problem Solving in Young and Old Adults / David Arenberg. 18. Signal, Noise, Performance, and Age / Alan T. Welford. 19. Aging and Skilled Problem Solving / Neil Charness. 20. Effects of Age and Skill in Typing / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Pt. 3. Social Psychology and Personality. 21. Aging among the Highland Maya: A Comparative Study / David Gutmann. 22. Interaction and Adaptation: Intimacy As a Critical Variable / Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal and Clayton Haven. 23. Influence of Extraversion and Neuroticism on Subjective Well-Being: Happy and Unhappy People / Paul T. Costa, Jr. and Robert R. McCrae. 24. Speaking about Feelings: Conceptions of Emotion across the Life Span / Gisela Labouvie-Vief, Marlene De Voe and Diana Bulka. 25. Choosing Social Partners: How Old Age and Anticipated Endings Make People More Selective / Barbara L. Fredrickson and Laura L. Carstensen. 26. Attitudes toward Old People in an Older Sample / Nathan Kogan. 27. Effects of Control and Predictability on the Physical and Psychological Well-Being of the Institutionalized Aged / Richard Schulz. 28. Locus of Control in Aging Research: A Case for Multidimensional and Domain-Specific Assessment / Margie E. Lachman. 29. Status and Functioning of Future Cohorts of African-American Elderly: Conclusions and Speculations / James S. Jackson, Linda M. Chatters and Robert Joseph Taylor -- Pt. 4. Clinical and Applied Issues. 30. The Measurement of Life Satisfaction / Bernice L. Neugarten, Robert J. Havighurst and Sheldon S. Tobin. 31. Short-Term and Long-Term Prediction of Adjustment to a New Environment / Frances M. Carp. 32. The Ecology of Social Relationships in Housing for the Elderly / M. Powell Lawton and Bonnie Simon. 33. Memory Complaint and Impairment in the Aged: The Effect of Depression and Altered Brain Function / Robert L. Kahn, Steven H. Zarit and Nancy M. Hilbert [et al.]. 34. Can Decline in Adult Intellectual Functioning Be Reversed? / K. Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis. 35. Chronic Stress and Immunity in Family Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Victims / Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser, Ronald Glaser and Edwin C. Shuttleworth [et al.]. 36. The Effects of Late-Life Spousal Bereavement over a Thirty-Month Interval / Larry W. Thompson, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson and Andrew Futterman [et al.]. 37. Psychological Effects of Institutionalization / Morton A. Lieberman, Valencia N. Prock and Sheldon S. Tobin. 38. On the Social Ecology of Dependence and Independence in Elderly Nursing Home Residents: A Replication and Extension / Margret M. Baltes, Sara Honn and Elisabeth M. Barton [et al.]. 39. The Mental Life of Dying Geriatric Patients / Robert Kastenbaum |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Adulthood -- Psychological aspects.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Maturation (Psychology)
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| Author |
Lawton, M. Powell (Mortimer Powell), 1923-2001.
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Salthouse, Timothy A.
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| LC no. |
98012220 |
| ISBN |
0814751253 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0814751261 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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