The psychology of adult development and aging / edited by Carl Eisdorfer, M. Powell Lawton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawton, M. Powell, editor.

Eisdorfer, Carl, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adulthood--Psychological aspects.

Adulthood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 718 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 1973.

Summary:

This book contains a series of papers covering the major areas of the psychology of aging. The papers are organized into five categories : (a) foundations of gerontology, (b) clinical psychology, (c) experimental psychology, (d) developmental aspects of aging, and (e) social aspects of aging. The purpose of the book is to serve as a sourcebook for academic and research workers in the field. This volume represents the state of psychological knowledge and the key issues in the psychology of aging at the close of 1971. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Foundations of gerontology- history, training, and methodology / Joseph Zubin Academic and professional training in the psychology of aging / James E. Birren & Diana S. Woodruff On the history of psychological gerontology / Klaus F. Riegel Experimental studies / Carl Eisdorfer Cognition and aging: verbal learning, memory, problem solving, and aging / David Arenberg Age and animal behavior / Leonard F. Jakubczak Psychophysiological studies of aging / Larry W. Thompson & Gail R. Marsh Developmental processes and aging / K. Warner Schaie Adult development of intellectual performance: description, explanation, and modification / Paul B. Baltes & Gisela V. Labouvie A biobehavioral approach to intellectual changes with aging / Lissy F. Jarvik & Donna Cohen Social stress and adaptation: toward a life-course perspective / Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal & David Chiriboga. Personality change in late life: a developmental perspective / Bernice L. Neugarten Clinical psychology? / M. Powell Lawton A broad clinical assessment of psychopathology in the aged / Barry J. Gurland Psychosocial treatment of the aged / Leonard E. Gottesman, Carole E. Quarterman, & Gordon M. Cohn Patterns of use of psychiatric facilities by the aged: past, present, and future / Morton Kramer, Carl A. Taube, & Richard W. Redick Community mental health and other health services for the aged / Ivan N. Mensh Attitudes toward aging: a critical examination of recent literature and implications for future research / Ruth Bennett & Judith Eckman Social roles, work, leisure, and education / Robert J. Havighurst Ecology and the aging process / M. Powell Lawton & Lucille Nahemow The aged in an affluent economy / Burkhard Strümpel Loving, dying, and other gerontologic addenda / Robert J. Kastenbaum.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (American Psychological Association, viewed May 31, 2023).