A psychology of orientation : time awareness across life stages and in dementia / Allen Jack Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Allen Jack, 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time perception.

Time perspective.

Time--Psychological aspects.

Time.

Dementia--Treatment.

Dementia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychological research using time as a variable has been extensive since the era of Wundt and Ebbinghaus. The care of and research on dementia patients highlights a unique need for understanding and applying the concepts of time and space. This volume, unique in its development of a model for time-space orientation, proposes that understanding the needs of these patients is increased by consideration of the ^Idis^Rorientation caused by dementia. Included is a review of the history of time and time measurement, a survey of psychological literature using time as a variable across the life span, and a model of time orientation applied to persons who have developed dementia. Conditions leading to dementia are described, and a rationale proposed for the effects of time/space disorientation in behavioral disturbances. Suggestions for applications and future research are included. Scholars and researchers interested in time awareness and orientation, as well as professionals in psychology, sociology, and gerontology caring for dementia patients, will find the material here useful.

Contents:

Cover

A PSYCHOLOGY OF ORIENTATION

Contents

Illustrations

FIGURE

TABLE

Preface

PART I The Nature of Time

CHAPTER 1 The Substance of Time

THE MEANING OF TIME

DEFINING TIME

THE CONCEPTS OF TIME

Time

The Units of Time

CHAPTER 2 The Heralds of Time

TIME IN THE CLASSIC PERIOD

THE MIDDLE AGES

RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

RATIONALITY TO ENLIGHTENMENT

TIME AND THE MODERN ERA

PART II The Riddle of Time

CHAPTER 3 Defining Time Orientation

MODELS OF TIME ORIENTATION

Qualitative Models and Studies

Models of Time in Daily Life

ORIENTATION AND BRAIN FUNCTION

Time Estimation

ORIENTATION AND PERSONAL VARIABLES

Chronological Age

Intellect

CYCLICAL TIME DIMENSIONS: DAY, WEEK, MONTH

Simultaneity and Duration

CHAPTER 4 Developing Time Concepts

TIME ORIENTATION IN CHILDHOOD

Piaget on Children's Time Awareness

CONTEMPORARY STUDIES OF CHILDREN'S TIME AWARENESS

Personal Variables in Children's Time Awareness

DEVELOPING DIACHRONIC THINKING

CHAPTER 5 Defining Time Concepts

VARIABLES IN ADOLESCENT TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT

Measures of Temporal Effects

EFFECTS OF ADVERSE CONDITIONS

Socially Catastrophic Events

Socially Minor Stressors

MEMORY IN TIME PERSPECTIVE

Internal Tempo

TIME PERCEPTION IN ADOLESCENCE

TIME ORIENTATION IN THE ADULT YEARS

Past Time Orientation

Present and Future Time Orientation

CHAPTER 6 Finalizing Time Concepts

THE STUDY OF AGING

Aging in Context

Aging in Outcome

Aging in Expression

Aging in Time

RECENT RESEARCH ON TIME PERSPECTIVE IN THE AGED

Cross-Age Studies

Time and Social Variables

Personal Factors in Time Perspective during Old Age

THE CONTEXT OF TIME ORIENTATION

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

PART III The Impact of Time

CHAPTER 7 Defining Time Disorientation.

THE NATURE OF DEMENTIA

THE FACES OF DEMENTIA

Alzheimer's Disease

Multi-Infarct Dementia

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Pick's Disease

Huntington's Disease

Parkinson's Disease

Equivalences

Differences

THE TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA

THE BEHAVIORAL IMPORTANCE OF DEMENTIA

CHAPTER 8 Disorientation in Perspective

THE PROCESS OF DEMENTIA

Effects of Existence in Time and Space

THE NATURE OF TIME ORIENTATION

Definition

Development

MEASUREMENT OF TIME ORIENTATION

Current Popular Measurements

CHANGING THE ORIENTATION

The Role of Neurofibrillary Tangles

OTHER PERSPECTIVES ON ORIENTATION

Cerebral Disease

Korsakoff's Syndrome

A Contrasting Model

Social Models

CHAPTER 9 Physical Properties of Time Relations

THE MEANING OF TIME AND SPACE

Autobiographical Memory in Dementia

PHYSICAL CHANGES IN THE BRAIN

Brain Structures Involved in Dementia

DEMENTIA AND BRAIN STRUCTURE

THE STUDY AND EVALUATION OF DISORIENTATION

Relationships with Daily Life

Relationships with Nerve Cell Degeneration

Other Conditions and Disorientation

TREATMENT OF DEMENTING CONDITIONS

CHAPTER 10 Restructuring Past, Present, and Future

THE STUDY OF DEMENTIA

TIME AND DEMENTIA

DISORIENTATION IN TIME

THE EFFECTS OF DISORIENTATION

The Present in Dementia

The Past

The Future

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.

ISBN:

9798216002772

9786610422722

9781280422720

1280422726

9780313010910

0313010919

OCLC:

70720878