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9781557987075

Psychology and the Aging Revolution

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    9781557987075

  • ISBN10:

    1557987076

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-08-01
  • Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
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Summary

Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Examines how aging affects cognition, memory, social relationships, emotion, physical and mental health, and responses to psychotherapy. Discusses how later life brings inevitable decline and losses, but aging also fosters positive characteristics such as wisdom and emotional maturity. For psychologists.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii
Acknowledgments ix
Psychology and the Aging Revolution
3(8)
Sara Honn Qualls
Norman Abeles
Using the Gift of Long Life: Psychological Implications of the Age Revolution
11(14)
James E. Birren
I. Neuropsychology and Cognitive Aging
Neuropsychology and Cognitive Aging: What Have We Taught Each Other?
25(18)
Marilyn S. Albert
Toward a Neuropsychology of Cognitive Aging
43(30)
Alfred W. Kaszniak
Mary C. Newman
II. Memory and Aging
Memory Changes in Adulthood
73(26)
Leah L. Light
Can Acquired Knowledge Compensate for Age-Related Declines in Cognitive Efficiency?
99(24)
Neil Charness
III. Emotion and Aging
Expressive, Physiological, and Subjective Changes in Emotion Across Adulthood
123(22)
Robert W. Levenson
IV. Social Relationships in Later Life
What Is Being Optimized?: Self-Determination Theory and Basic Psychological Needs
145(28)
Richard M. Ryan
Jennifer G. La Guardia
The Evolution of Social Relationships in Later Adulthood
173(24)
Karen S. Rook
V. Health Psychology and Aging
A Behavioral Medicine Perspective on Aging and Health
197(10)
Karen A. Matthews
Aging Research and Health: A Status Report
207(16)
Ilene C. Siegler
VI. Depression and Aging
Depression: Current Developments and Controversies
223(16)
Thomas E. Joiner
Variations on Depression in Later Life
239(20)
Margaret Gatz
VII. Psychotherapy and Aging
Psychotherapy and Aging in the 21st Century: Integrative Themes
259(28)
John C. Norcross
Bob G. Knight
Author Index 287(18)
Subject Index 305(8)
About the Editors 313

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