On Being Old : The Psychology Of Later Life
. Graham Stokes.
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Independence : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (414 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Part One: Age and Ageing; Chapter 1. An Ageing Society; Who is Old?; Ageing Populations; Where Are 'the Elderly'?; Living Conditions of Older People; Conclusion; Chapter 2. The Biology of Ageing; Methodological Issues; Biological Ageing; Senescence; The Nature of Physical Decline; Lifespan; Life Expectancy; Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Psychology of Ageing; A Normative Model of Human Development; The Psychology of Old Age; 'Differential Gerontology'. - Alternative Psychological ExplanationsConclusions; Chapter 7. Learning and Memory; Learning in Later Life; Memory; Conclusion; Chapter 8. Wisdom, Creative Achievement and Ageing; Wisdom; Creative Achievement; Achievement in the General Population; Part Three: Social Adaptation in Old Age; Chapter 9. Personality, Adjustment and Ageing; Issues of Concept, Methodology and Measurement; Personality and Ageing; Personality, Behaviour and Adaptation; The Structure of Personality in Old Age; Chapter 10. Family Ties and Friendships in Later Life; Marriage; Widowhood; Loneliness; Family Life. - Chapter 14. Dementia - The Silent EpidemicDementia - Terminology; Dementia - Prevalence; The Causes of Dementia; Psychological Models of Dementia; Psychological Intervention in Dementia; Chapter 15. Emotional Disorder and Physical Disability in Later Life; Epidemiology; Problems of Psychological Health; Physical Disease and Disability; Conclusion; References; Index. - Friendship in Later LifeConclusion; Chapter 11. The Meaning of Work, the Impact of Retirement; Unemployment and Retirement: Similarities and Differences; Retirement - Theoretical Assumptions; Attitudes to Retirement; Tedium, Trauma or Tranquillity - The Evidence; Flexible or Compulsory Retirement; Chapter 12. Sexual Interest and Activity in Later Life; Prevalence of Sexual Activity; Factors Affecting Sexual Behaviour; Sexual Interest; Conclusion; Chapter 13. Death, Dying and Bereavement; Facing One's Own Death; Bereavement; Conclusion; Part Four: Abnormal Ageing. - Lifespan Satisfaction and MoraleThe Functions of Reminiscence; Reminiscence and Adjustment; Gender Differences; Chapter 4. Social Age and Social Ageing; Ageism; The Myth of Social Ageing; Social Roles; Cross-Cultural Ageing; Part Two: Psychological Products and Processes; Chapter 5. Intellectual Products in Old Age; The Concept of Intelligence; Methodological Issues; Intellectual Change; Individual Differences; Re-Training; Conclusion; Chapter 6. Cognitive Processes in Later Life; Sensory and Perceptual Processes; Central Information Processing; Attention; The Locus of Slowing. - First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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| ISBN | 1850008396. - 185000840X
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