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The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 7e, has been completely revised from the 6th edition. One third of the work consists of previous topics covered by new authors and entirely new topics form the other two thirds. Providing d comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the psychology of aging, it is intended as a summary for researchers and is also suitable as a high-level textbook for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses. The 24 chapters are organized into four sections: Part I û Concepts, Theory, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging; Part II Neuroscience, Cognition, and Aging; Part III û Social and Health Factors that Impact Aging; and Part IV Complex Behavioral Processes and Psychopathology of Aging. --
The 7th edition expands coverage of neuropsychology, with topics including how structural changes to the brain have cognitive consequences, the neuroplasticity of cognitive function, neuropsychological assessment of dementia, and executive functioning in cognitive aging. Additional new coverage focuses on other factors affecting psychological aspects of aging, including stress, sense of control, and socioeconomic class, along with new chapters on relationships and communication, and aging in the work context. --
Contributors to this volume represent the global research community, with contributors from Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US. The Handbook will be of use to researchers and professionals working with an aging community, as well as being suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on the psychology of aging. --
K. Warner Schaie is Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington. In addition to being the recipient of numerous awards for his work in gerontology, his a past president of the American Psychological Association Division of Adult Development and Aging and author of 300+ journal articles and chapters and 58 books on the psychology of aging. --
Sherry L. Willis is a professor at the University of Washington. In addition to being the recipient of numerous awards for her work in gerontology, she has edited 10+ volumes and authored 100+ publications in adult development, and is a past president of Division 20, Adult Development and Aging, American Psychological Association --Book Jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Enduring Theoretical Themes in Psychological Aging: Derivation, Functions, Perspectives, and Opportunities
• 2. Methodological and Analytical Issues in the Psychology of Aging / Roger A. Dixon
• 3. Historical Influences on Aging and Behavior / Emilio Ferrer / Paolo Ghisletta
• 4. Executive Function and Cognitive Aging / K. Warner Schaie
• 5. Cognitive Consequences of Structural Changes to the Aging Brain / Mary Luszcz
• 6. Behavior Genetics of Aging / Karen M. Rodrigue / Kristen M. Kennedy
• 7. Neuroplasticity, Aging, and Cognitive Function / William S. Kremen / Michael J. Lyons
• 8. Memory Changes and the Aging Brain: A Multimodal Imaging Approach / Gérard N. Bischof / Denise C. Park
• 9. Age Differences in Complex Decision Making / Lars Nyberg / Lars Bächman
• 10. Cognitive Interventions / Joshua Weller / Nathan F. Dieckmann / Ellen Peters
• 11. Relevance of Control Beliefs for Health and Aging / Chandramallika Basak / Elizabeth A.L. Stine-Morrow
• 12. Speedometer of Life: Stress, Health and Aging / Shevaun D. Neupert / Margie E. Lachman / Stefan Agrigoroaei
• 13. Health Disparities, Social Class, and Aging / Laura C. Klein / Robert S. Stawski / Jennifer R. Piazza / David M. Almeida
• 14. Relationships between Adults and their Aging Parents / Sarah Szanton / Roland Thorpe / Keith E. Whitfield
• 15. Intergenerational Communication Practices / Kira S. Birditt / Karen L. Fingerman
• 16. Age Stereotypes and Aging / Jessica Gasiorek / Howard Giles
• 17. Aging in the Work Context / Mary Lee Hummert
• 18. Wisdom, Age, and Well-Being / Martin G. Noack / Catherine E. Bowen / Ursula M. Staudinger
• 19. Emotional Experience and Regulation in Later Life / Monika Ardelt
• 20. Psychopathology, Bereavement, and Aging / Susan Turk Charles

• 21. Assessment of Emotional and Personality Disorders in Older Adults / Suzanne Meeks / Susan Krauss Whitbourne
• 22. Neuropsychological Assessment of the Dementias of Late Life / Barry A. Edelstein / Daniel L. Segal
• 23. Family Caregiving for Cognitively or Physically Frail Older Adults: Theory, Research, and Practice / Stephanie Cosentino / Adam M. Brickman / Jennifer J. Manly
• 24. Decision Making Capacity / Andres Losada / Bob G. Knight.

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Contributors:

Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Handbooks of aging

Subjects:

Aging — Psychological aspects

Aging

Genres:

Electronic book

General Notes:

Title from digital title page (viewed on Dec. 9, 2010).
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BF724.55.A35 H36 2011eb

ISBNs:

9780123808837 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

688999378

Other Control Numbers:

EBC610538 (source: MiAaPQ)