Essential Papers on the Psychology of Aging

by M Powell Lawton, Timothy A. Salthouse

Overview

Essential Papers on the Psychology of Aging contains the classic papers on the period of human development that begins with young adulthood and ends with old age and death. Including material on theory and methodology; basic psychological processes; personality and social psychology; and clinical, applied, and health psychology, the volume presents the best work published in the field, from classic papers to cutting-edge research.
Contributors to the volume include P. B. Baltes, J. E. Birren, W. E. Henry, K. F. Riegel, K. W. Schaie, D. Arenberg, H. P. Bahrick, L. K. Hall, D. B. Bromley, D. M. Burke, L. L. Light, N. Charness, F. I. M. Craik, J. McDowd, J. C. Foster, G. A. Taylor, J. G. Gilbert, J. L. Horn, R. B. Cattrell, H. E. Jones, H. S. Conrad, H. C. Lehman, C. C. Miles, W. R. Miles, A. E. D. Schonfield, E. A. Robertson, K. Sward, A. T. Welford, P. T. Costa, R. R. McCrae, B. L. Frederickson, L. L. Carstensen, D. Gutmann, J. S. Jackson, L. M. Chattters, R. J. Taylor, R. Kastenbaum, N. Kogan, M. E. Lachman, G. Bavouvie-Vief, M. De Voe, D. Bulka, M. F. Lowenthal, C. Haven, R. Schulz, M. M. Baltes, S. Honn, E. M. Barton, M. Orzech, D. Lago, F. M. Carp, M. F. Elias, N. R. Schultz, M. A. Robbins, P. K. Elias, R. L. Kahn, S. H. Zarit, N. M. Hilbert, G. Niederehe, J. K. Kiecolt- Glaser, R. Glaser, E. C. Shuttleworth, C. S. Cyer, P. Ogrocki, C. E. Speicher, B. Simon, M. A. Lieberman, S. S. Tobin, V. N. Prock, G. M. McEvoy, W. F. Cascio, S. A. Murrell, S. Himmelbarb, B. L. Neugarten, R. J. Havighurst, C. D. Ryff, K. W. Schaie, S. L. Willis, F. Scogin, L. McElreth, and L. W. Thompson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814751268
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	06/01/1998
Series:	Essential Papers on Psychoanalysis , #11
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

M. Powell Lawton is Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center and the author of a number of books on the psychology of aging.

Timothy A. Salthouse is Professor of Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology and editor of the journal Psychology and Aging.

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Contributions are divided into sections on theory, basic psychological processes, social psychology and personality, and clinical and applied issues. Specific paper topics include a general model for the study of developmental problems, the growth and decline of intelligence, concept problem solving in young and old adults, the ecology of social relationships in housing for the elderly, and the mental life of dying geriatric patients. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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