Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life

by Edited by Leonard W. Poon , David C. Rubin , Barbara A. Wilson

• ISBN13: 9780521428606
• ISBN10: 0521428602
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-01-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Provides a firm theoretical grounding for the increasing movement of cognitive psychologists, neuropsychologists and their students beyond the laboratory, in an attempt to understand human cognitive abilities as they are manifested in natural contexts. The pros and cons of the laboratory and the real world--the problems of generalizability versus rigor--are thoroughly analyzed, and practical escapes from what has become a false dichotomy are suggested. The authors present relevant data that open up new directions for those studying cognitive aging. Finally, they consider the applications of the new knowledge for clinicians and educators.

Table of Contents

Part I. Adult Cognitive Abilities in the Laboratory and in Real-life Settings: Basic Theoretical and Methodological Issues

1. Introduction to Part I: the how, when and why of studying everyday cognition David C. Rubin

Part IA. Systematic Approaches to Laboratory and Real-world Research: 2. Representative design and the quality of generalization Lewis Petrinovich

3. The myth of external validity Douglas G. Mook

4. Functional explanations of memory Darryl Bruce

5. General systems theory: a rationale for the study of everyday memory Jan D. Sinnott

Part IB. Combining Laboratory and Real-world Research: 6. The laboratory and ecology: supplementary sources of data for memory research Harry P. Bahrick

7. Issues of regularity and control: confessions of a regularity freak David C. Rubin

8. Finding the bloody horse Alan Baddeley

9. Some bad and some good reasons for studying memory and cognition in the wild Thomas K. Landauer

Part II. Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life: Findings in Real-life Settings: 10. Introduction to Part II: What do we know about the aging of cognitive abilities in everyday life? Leonard W. Poon

Part IIA. Everyday Cognitive Abilities: 11. Memory for prose: perspectives on the reader Joellen T. Hartley

12. Prose processing in adulthood: the text, the reader and the task Bonnie J. F. Meyer and G. Elizabeth Rice

13. Speech comprehension and memory through adulthood: the roles of time and strategy Elizabeth Lotz Stine, Arthur Wingfield and Leonard W. Poon

14. The effects of aging on perceived and generated memories Gillian Cohen and Dorothy Faulkner

15. Aging and word retrieval: naturalistic, clinical and laboratory data Nancy L. Bowles, Loraine K. Obler and Leonard W. Poon

16. Acquisition and utilization of spatial information by elderly adults: implications for day-to-day situations Kathleen C. Kirasic

17. Inner-city decay? Age changes in structure and process in recall of familiar topographical information Patrick Rabbitt

18. The cognitive ecology of problem solving Alan A. Hartley

19. Everyday problem solving: methodological issues, research findings and a model Nancy Wadsworth Denney

20. Prospective/intentional memory and aging: memory as adaptive action Jan D. Sinnott

Part IIB. Concomitant Influences: 21. Motivation and aging Lawrence C. Perlmuter and Richard A. Monty

22. Questionnaire research on metamemory and aging: issues of structure and function Roger A. Dixon

23. The importance of awareness in memory aging John C. Cavanaugh

24. Age and expertise: responding to Talland's challenge Neil Charness

25. World-knowledge systems Cameron J. Camp

26. Comments on aging memory and its everyday operations Donald H. Kausler

Part III. Cognitive Enhancement and Aging: Clinical and Educational Applications: 27. Introduction to Part III: approaches to practical applications Barbara A. Wilson and Leonard W. Poon

Part IIIA. Issues and Perspectives: 28. Varieties of memory compensation by older adults in episodic remembering Lars Bä

ckman

29. Improvement with cognitive training: which old dogs learn what tricks? Sherry L. Willis

Part IIIB. Enhancement Approaches: 30. Planning practical memory training for the aged Robin L. West

31. Mnemonics as modified for use by the elderly Jerome A. Yesavage, Danielle Lapp and Javaid I. Sheikh

Part IIIC. Designing Programs for Cognitive Rehabilitation: 32. Designing memory-therapy programs Barbara A. Wilson

33. Management of memory problems in a hospital setting Nadina B. Lincoln

34. Home-based cognitive rehabilitation with the elderly Nicholas J. Moffat

35. Memory retraining: everyday needs and future prospects Herbert F. Crovitz

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