Each chapter concludes with “Making Choices, Chapter Highlights, Study Questions, Recommended Readings, Internet Resources.”
1. An Introduction to Human Aging.
Why Study Human Aging?
The Study of Aging.
Research on Aging.
Stereotypes.
I. AGING AND OUR BODIES.
2. Physiological Aspects of Aging: Changes in Our Bodies.
Individual Differences.
Changes in Physical Appearance.
Internal Changes.
Chronic Conditions.
Work of Art.
3. Theories of Senescence and Aging.
An Overview.
Programmed Theories.
A Middle Category.
Unprogrammed Theories.
4. Health and Longevity.
Overview.
Factors Beyond Our Control.
Factors Within Our Control.
Other Factors.
Social Factors.
Quality of Life.
II. AGING AND OUR MINDS.
5. Sensation, Perception, and Slowing with Age.
Sensation and Perception.
Slowing.
6. Memory and Cognition.
An Overview of Memory Processing.
Memory and Aging.
7. Intelligence, Wisdom, and Creativity.
Intelligence.
Wisdom.
Creativity.
What Can We Conclude?
III. AGING AND OUR SELVES.
8. Personality.
An Overview of Personality.
Traits.
Personal Concerns.
Identity.
Stability, Change, and Satisfaction with Life.
9. Relationships.
Social Relations Across the Life Span.
Family Relationships.
Isolation and Loneliness.
Friends.
Religion.
10. Work and Retirement.
Work.
Retirement.
IV. AGING AND OUR SURVIVAL.
11. Psychopathology.
Overview.
Schizophrenia.
Anxiety Disorders.
Mood Disorders.
Substance-Use Disorders.
Cognitive Disorders.
Caregiving.
12. Healthy/Helpful Environments: Places and People.
How Spaces Become Places or How We Fit In.
Where We Live in Old Age.
Caring for Frail Elders at Home: Who are the Caregivers?
Helpful or Enabling Environments.
13. Death and Bereavement.
Death.
Bereavement.
Support for the Bereaved.
V. AGING AND YOU.
14. Looking to the Future.
Age and Well-Being.
The Future.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
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