Integrating Aging Topics into Psychology

by Whitbourne, Susan Krauss; Cavanaugh, John C.

• ISBN13: 9781557989703
• ISBN10: 1557989702
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst. Text provides practical instruction for integrating aging and adult development topics into core courses, such as abnormal psychology, gender and industrial/organizational psychology. Written for instructors in the psychology field. Softcover.

Author Biography

Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford, School of Psychological Sciences, Center for Aging and Community, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Ana Begovic, Department of Psychology, University of Akron, Akron, OH Dean Blevins, Department of Psychology, University of Akron, Akron, OH Rosemary Blieszner, Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg John C. Cavanaugh, President, University of West Florida, Pensacola Manfred Diehl, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville Karen L. Fingerman, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Gerontology Center, Pennsylvania State University, State College Bert Hayslip, Jr., Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton Karen Kopera-Frye, Department of Human Development and Family Studies & Sanford Center for Aging, University of Nevada-Reno Antonio E. Puente, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Frank Schieber, Department of Psychology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion Daniel L. Segal, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Raymond J. Shaw, Department of Psychology, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Aurora M. Sherman, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Anderson D. Smith, School of Psychology, Georgia Tech, Atlanta Diane L. Sotnak, Department of Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH Harvey L. Sterns, Department of Psychology, University of Akron, Akron, OH Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst Richard Wiscott, Gerontology Program, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Incorporating Aging Into Psychology Courses: Overview of the Issues	p. 3
Introductory Psychology	p. 13
Neuropsychology: Introducing Aging Into the Study of Brain and Behavior	p. 29
Using and Conducting Aging Research in Experimental Methods and Statistics Courses	p. 43
Integrating Human Aging Into the Undergraduate Sensation and Perception Course	p. 57
Incorporating Cognitive Aging Into Cognitive Psychology Courses	p. 75
Personality Psychology and Aging: Understanding and Integrating Continuity and Change	p. 91
Incorporating Aging Into Undergraduate Social Psychology Courses	p. 107
Infusing Aging Content Into Health Psychology Courses	p. 123
Abnormal Psychology	p. 141
Men and Women in Old Age: Incorporating Aging Into Psychology of Gender Courses	p. 159
Completing the Life Cycle: Incorporating Adult Development and Aging Into Life Span Psychology Courses	p. 173
Incorporating Aging Into Industrial/Organizational Psychology Courses	p. 185
Infusing Aging Content Into the Psychology of Death and Dying	p. 201
The Aging Dimension in Personal Relationships Courses	p. 217
Index	p. 229
About the Editors	p. 237
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