Social Structure and Aging: Psychological Processes

by Schaie; K. Warner

• ISBN13: 9780805800937
• ISBN10: 080580093X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-11-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This volume presents a systematic examination of the impact of social structures on individual behaviors and on their development in adulthood and old age. These papers and responses attempt to improve the reciprocal relationship between changes in social macro- and micro-structures and the process of psychological development in relation to issues of human aging. Using and combining concepts and data from various fields, this research promotes a better understanding of the effects of demographic patterns and social structures on the psychological development of adults.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Foreword: Why This Book?	p. xiii
Introduction: Social Structure and Behavior	p. 1
References	p. 9
Demographic Factors and Adult Psychological Development	p. 11
References	p. 32
Discussion of ""Demographic Factors and Adult Psychological Development""	p. 35
References	p. 39
""What Develops in Adulthood?"": a Developmentalist's Response to Atchley's Demographic View	p. 41
References	p. 54
Behavior-Relevant Ecological Factors	p. 57
References	p. 76
Adaptation and the Aging Human	p. 79
Youthful Designs for Research on Aging: a Response to Lawton's Theoretical Challenge	p. 85
References	p. 92
Cohort Differences in Cognitive Aging: a Sample Case	p. 95
References	p. 111
Acknowledgment	p. 111
Knowledge-Derived Competence	p. 113
References	p. 120
Training-Controlled Social Structure?	p. 121
References	p. 128
Social Structure Effects and Experimental Situations: Mutual Lessons of Cognitive and Social Science	p. 129
Acknowledgements	p. 144
References	p. 145
Social Structure as a Determinant of Environmental Experience	p. 149
References	p. 153
Cognitive Socialization Across the Life Span: Comments on Schooler!'s Chapter	p. 155
References	p. 164
Personality and Aging at the Crossroads: Beyond Stability Versus Change	p. 167
References	p. 186
Comments on Lachman's ""Personality and Aging at the Crossroads""	p. 191
References	p. 198
Comments on Lachman's ""Personality and Aging at the Crossroads""	p. 199
References	p. 205
A Life-Course Approach to Gender, Aging, and Intergenerational Relations	p. 207
Acknowledgment	p. 234
Social Structure and Interpersonal Relations: a Discussion of Alice Rossi's Chapter	p. 237
References	p. 243
Afterword	p. 245
Author Index	p. 249
Subject Index	p. 255
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