| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 313 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Psychology and the aging revolution / Sara Honn Qualls and Norman Abeles -- Using the gift of long life: psychological implications of the age revolution / James E. Birren -- Neuropsychology and cognitive aging: what have we taught each other? / Marilyn S. Albert -- Toward a neuropsychology of cognitive aging / Alfred W. Kaszniak and Mary C. Newman -- Memory changes in adulthood / Leah L. Light -- Can acquired knowledge compensate for age-related declines in cognitive efficiency? / Neil Charness -- Expressive, physiological, and subjective changes in emotion across adulthood / Robert W. Levenson -- What is being optimized?: self-determination theory and basic psychological needs / Richard M. Ryan and Jennifer G. La Guardia -- The evolution of social relationships in later adulthood / Karen S. Rook -- A behavioral medicine perspective on aging and health / Karen A. Matthews -- Aging research and health: a status report / Ilene C. Siegler -- Depression: current developments and controversies / Thomas E. Joiner, Jr. -- Variations on depression in later life / Margaret Gatz -- Psychotherapy and aging in the 21st century: integrative themes / John C. Norcross and Bob G. Knight |
| Summary |
Examines the latest theories and research on how aging affects cognition, memory, social relationships, emotion, physical and mental health, and responses to psychotherapy. The findings presented show that although later life brings inevitable decline and losses, aging also fosters positive characteristics such as wisdom, emotional maturity, and the ability to engage in proactive strategies for shaping one's life in meaningful ways. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
PsycBooks |
| Subject |
Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Aging.
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Older people -- Psychology.
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Aging -- psychology
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Aged -- psychology
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Aging
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Aging
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Aging -- Psychological aspects
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Older people -- Psychology
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Psychology.
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Social Sciences.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Qualls, Sarah Honn
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Abeles, Norman
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American Psychological Association.
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| LC no. |
00036265 |
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