Adult development and aging / K. Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis.
By: Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner).
Contributor(s): Willis, Sherry L.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1991Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xiv, 543, 64, 18 p : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0673520110.Subject(s): Adulthood | Life cycle, Human | Adulthood -- Psychological aspects | Aging -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 305.24Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 305.24 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042748 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 305.24 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042749 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This comprehensive book helps readers process a clear picture of adult development and aging with the help and results of intensive scientific research. It challenges common stereotypes about this subject matter, and interprets the research data into an optimistic yet realistic appraisal of the many problems faced by the elderly in today's society. Chapter topics look at independence and intimacy in young adulthood; responsibility and failure in the middle years; the reintegration or despair of later life; research methodology; families; careers; personality development; learning and memory; intellectual and biological development; mental disorders; and death and bereavement. For individuals who want to view the potential richness of life-- at all stages, and/or understand the lives of older adults they may care for.
Includes bibliographical references (R-5-R-64) and indexes.
Adult development and aging: An introduction -- Young adulthood: Independence versus intimacy -- The middle years: responsibility and failure -- Late life: Reintegration or despair -- Families: Interdependent relationships -- Careers: Earning a living -- Men and Women: Together and apart -- Research methodology in adult development and aging -- Personality development: continuity and change -- Motivation: drives, beliefs and goals -- Learning and memory: acquiring and retaining information -- Intellectual development: the display of competence -- Biological development: the aging body -- Mental disorders: failing to cope -- The end of life: death and bereavement.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- 1 Adult Development and Aging: An Introduction
- 2 Young Adulthood: Independence vs. Intimacy
- 3 The Middle Years: Generativity and responsibility
- 4 Late Life: Reintegration or Despair
- 5 Research Methodology in Adult Development and Ageing
- 6 Families: Interdependent Relationships
- 7 Men and Women: Together and Apart
- 8 Careers: Earning a Living
- 9 Personality Development: Continuity and Change
- 10 Motivation Beliefs, Goals, and Affect
- 11 Learning and Memory: Acquiring and Retaining Information
- 12 Intellectual Development
- 13 Biological Development: The Aging Body
- 15 The End of Life: Death and Bereavement