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| Contributors | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Biological Perspectives | p. 1 |
| Biological Determinants of the LIfe Span | p. 3 |
| Issues in the Analysis of Interrelationships Between the Individual and the Environment During Aging | p. 17 |
| Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type: Clinical Genetic, Pathogenetic, and Treatment Aspects | p. 31 |
| References | p. 42 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 42 |
| Biology, Human Genetics, and the LIfe Course | p. 45 |
| Epidemiological and Public Health Aspects of Senile Dementia | p. 71 |
| Biography, Society, and History: Individual Development as A Population Process | p. 99 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 145 |
| References | p. 145 |
| Sociological Perspectives | p. 151 |
| Overview and Highlights of A Sociological Perspective | p. 153 |
| References | p. 173 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 173 |
| Social Structure and Mechanisms of LIfe-Course Processes | p. 177 |
| Conclusion | p. 195 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 196 |
| References | p. 196 |
| The Self and the LIfe Course: Institutionalization and Its Effects | p. 199 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 215 |
| References | p. 215 |
| The State and the Structure of the LIfe Course | p. 217 |
| Conclusion | p. 242 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 243 |
| References | p. 243 |
| LIfe-Course Patterns of Women and Their Husbands: 16th to 20th Century | p. 247 |
| References | p. 269 |
| Social Organization and Subjective Construction of the LIfe Course | p. 271 |
| Conclusion | p. 289 |
| References | p. 290 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 290 |
| Problem Behavior and Family Relationships: LIfe Course and Intergenerational Themes | p. 293 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 337 |
| References | p. 337 |
| Psychological Perspectives | p. 341 |
| Human Development Across the LIfe Span: Overview and Highlights of the Psychological Perspective | p. 343 |
| References | p. 370 |
| Learned Helplessness and LIfe-Span Development | p. 377 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 425 |
| References | p. 425 |
| Stages, Crises, Conflicts, and LIfe-Span Development | p. 429 |
| Achievement and Motivation Through the LIfe Span | p. 445 |
| References | p. 463 |
| Multidisciplinary Propositions on the Development of Intelligence During Adulthood and Old Age | p. 467 |
| References | p. 499 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 499 |
| Psychological Research on Problem-Solving and Aging | p. 509 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 530 |
| References | p. 530 |
| Developmental Variations of Memory Performance and Memory-Related Knowledge Across the Life Span | p. 535 |
| Epilogue | p. 555 |
| Epilogue: Retrospective and Prospective VIews of LIfe- Course Research on Human Development | p. 557 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 575 |
| Author Index | p. 581 |
| Subject Index | p. 597 |
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