Psychology of ageing

Counseling older adults is not equivalent to counseling the general population, and specialized skills and knowledge, as well as sensitivity to the contexts in which older adults live, are essential in working successfully with this population.

Individuals of all ages interact with one another, and their interactions have significance throughout their lives.

Individuals of all ages interact with one another, and their interactions have significance throughout their lives.

Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems.

Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems.

This volume focuses on understanding the impact of age-related decline in cognitive abilities on medical decisions and compliance with medical instructions.

This volume focuses on understanding the impact of age-related decline in cognitive abilities on medical decisions and compliance with medical instructions.

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging.

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging.

A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.

A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.

Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web is devoted to the exploration of how the World Wide Web might be used to deliver current, easily accessible health information to adults over the age of 60 and their caregivers.

Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web is devoted to the exploration of how the World Wide Web might be used to deliver current, easily accessible health information to adults over the age of 60 and their caregivers.

This edited book draws from work that focuses on the act of telling family stories, as well as their content and structure.

This edited book draws from work that focuses on the act of telling family stories, as well as their content and structure.

The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies.

The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies.

First Published in 1998.

First Published in 1998.

A new edition of a classic textThis new edition of Human Development has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate recent developments in the field.

A new edition of a classic textThis new edition of Human Development has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate recent developments in the field.

Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population!

Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population!

Presents the foundations for understanding gerontology.

Presents the foundations for understanding gerontology.

This book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory.

This book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory.

As the baby boomers move into retirement and later stages of life, gerontology and geriatrics have begun to receive much more attention.

As the baby boomers move into retirement and later stages of life, gerontology and geriatrics have begun to receive much more attention.

This book builds on the vast clinical experience of Joseph L.

This book builds on the vast clinical experience of Joseph L.

This special issue highlights how social psychology can further the understanding of important social, health, interpersonal, and intergenerational issues facing people as they age.

This special issue highlights how social psychology can further the understanding of important social, health, interpersonal, and intergenerational issues facing people as they age.

The field of gerontology, the study of aging, has emerged as an area of increasing importance.

The field of gerontology, the study of aging, has emerged as an area of increasing importance.

Divided into four parts, the first section of this book deals with levels of processing and memory theory, the second addresses working memory and attention, the third deals with cognitive aging, and the last addresses neuroscience perspectives.

Divided into four parts, the first section of this book deals with levels of processing and memory theory, the second addresses working memory and attention, the third deals with cognitive aging, and the last addresses neuroscience perspectives.

This volume explores the well-documented phenomena of memory distortion in a variety of settings, as well as how it can be ameliorated or prevented altogether.

This volume explores the well-documented phenomena of memory distortion in a variety of settings, as well as how it can be ameliorated or prevented altogether.

This volume evolved from the second life span development conference held at Southern Illinois University entitled "e;Assessment and Intervention Across the Lifespan.

This volume evolved from the second life span development conference held at Southern Illinois University entitled "e;Assessment and Intervention Across the Lifespan.

The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills and environmental demands is reduced or closed.

The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills and environmental demands is reduced or closed.

Based on the First Biannual Lifespan Development Conference, this volume offers a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of lifespan development in the areas of neuropsychology, cognition, behavior genetics, and perception.

Based on the First Biannual Lifespan Development Conference, this volume offers a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of lifespan development in the areas of neuropsychology, cognition, behavior genetics, and perception.

This monograph is the written version of a series of talks delivered as recent MacEachran Lectures at the University of Alberta.

This monograph is the written version of a series of talks delivered as recent MacEachran Lectures at the University of Alberta.

The rapid growth in the numbers of older people worldwide has led to an equally rapid growth in research on the changes across age in cognitive function, including the processes of moment to moment cognition known as working memory.

The rapid growth in the numbers of older people worldwide has led to an equally rapid growth in research on the changes across age in cognitive function, including the processes of moment to moment cognition known as working memory.

This volume presents a systematic examination of the impact of social structures on individual behaviors and on their development in adulthood and old age.