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• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1: An Overview of Adult Development
• Basic Concepts in Adult Development
• Sources of Change
• Normative Age-Graded Influences
• Normative History-Graded Influences
• Nonnormative Life Events
• Sources of Stability
• Genetics
• Environment
• Interactionist View
• A Word About “Age”
• Setting the Course: Some Guiding Perspectives
• Life-Span Developmental Psychology Approach
• Bioecological Model of Development
• Developmental Research
• Methods
• Measures
• Analyses
• Designs
• A Final Word
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 2: Aging and Physical Changes
• Theories of Primary Aging
• Oxidative Damage
• Genetic Limits
• Caloric Restriction
• A Word on Theories of Primary Aging
• Physical Changes During Adulthood
• Outward Appearance
• The Senses
• Bones and Muscles
• Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
• Brain and Nervous System
• Immune System
• Hormonal System
• Changes in Physical Behavior
• Athletic Abilities
• Stamina, Dexterity, and Balance
• Sleep
• Sexual Activity
• Individual Differences in Primary Aging
• Genetics
• Lifestyle
• Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Group
• Can We “Turn Back the Clock” of Primary Aging?
• An Overview of the Physical Changes in Adulthood
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 3: Health and Illness
• Mortality Rates and Causes of Death
• Morbidity Rates, Disease, and Disability
• Common Health Conditions
• Disability
• Self-Ratings of Health
• Specific Diseases
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Living with Age-Related Diseases and Disabilities
• Mental Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Mood Disorders
• Impulse Control Disorders
• Substance Abuse Disorders
• Treatment of Mental Health Disorders
• Nonmedical Solutions
• Assistive Technology
• Assistance Animals
• Individual Differences in Health
• Lifestyle
• Gender
• Socioeconomics, Race, and Ethnicity
• Personality and Behavior Patterns
• Genetics
• Developmental Origins
• The Road to Good Health
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 4: Aging and Cognitive Changes
• Intelligence
• Age Changes in Overall Intelligence
• Components of Intelligence
• Reversing Declines in Intellectual Abilities
• Memory
• Short-Term and Working Memory
• Declarative and Nondeclarative (Procedural) Memory
• Prospective Memory
• Slowing Declines in Memory Abilities
• Memory in Context
• Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Individual Differences in Cognitive Change
• Health
• Genetics
• Demographics and Sociobiographical History
• Schooling
• Intellectual Activity
• Physical Exercise
• Subjective Evaluation of Decline
• Cognitive Assistance
• Medication Adherence
• Social Networking
• E-Readers and Electronic Games
• Safe Driving
• Review of Cognitive Changes over the Adult Years and a Search for Balance
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 5: Transformation of Social Roles
• Social Roles and Transitions
• Gender Roles and Gender Stereotypes
• Social Roles in Young Adulthood
• Leaving (and Returning) Home
• Becoming a Spouse or Partner
• Becoming a Parent
• Social Roles in Middle Adulthood
• The Departure of the Children: The Empty Nest
• Gender Roles at Midlife
• Becoming a Grandparent
• Caring for an Aging Parent
• Social Roles in Late Adulthood
• Living Alone
• Becoming a Care Receiver
• Social Roles in Atypical Families
• Lifelong Singles
• The Childless
• Divorced (and Remarried) Adults
• The Effect of Variations in Timing
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Social Relationships
• Theories of Social Relationships
• Attachment Theory
• The Convoy Model
• Socioemotional Selectivity Theory
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Intimate Partnerships
• Establishing an Intimate Relationship
• Successful Marriages
• Cohabitation and Marriage
• Same-Sex Partnerships
• Relationships with Other Family Members
• General Patterns of Family Interaction
• Parent–Child Relationships in Adulthood
• Grandparent–Grandchild Relationships
• Relationships with Brothers and Sisters
• Friendships in Adulthood
• Friendship Networks
• Pets as Friends
• Facebook Friends
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 7: Employment and Retirement
• The Importance of Work in Adulthood
• Super’s Theory of Career Development
• Gender Differences in Career Patterns
• Selecting a Career
• Theories of Career Selection
• The Effects of Gender
• Family Influences
• The Role of Genetics
• Age Trends in Work Experience
• Job Performance
• Job Training and Retraining
• Job Satisfaction
• Work and Personal Life
• Work and the Individual
• Work and Marriage
• Work and Parenthood
• Work and Caregiving for Adult Family Members
• Household Labor
• Retirement
• Preparation for Retirement
• Timing of Retirement
• Reasons for Retirement
• Effects of Retirement
• Alternatives to Full Retirement
• A Concluding Note
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 8: Personality: Continuity and Change
• Personality Structures
• Personality Traits and Factors
• Differential Continuity
• Mean-Level Change
• Intra-Individual Variability
• Continuity, Change, and Variability Coexist
• What Do Personality Traits Do?
• Explanations of Continuity and Change
• Genetics
• Environmental Influences
• Evolutionary Psychology Explanations
• Cultural Differences
• Summing Up Personality Structure
• Theories of Personality Development
• Psychosocial Development
• Ego Development
• Mature Adaptation
• Gender Crossover
• Positive Well-Being
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 9: Meaning and Spirituality
• Why a Chapter on the Quest for Meaning?
• The Study of Age-Related Changes in Meaning Systems
• Changes in the Quest for Meaning
• Religion, Spirituality, and Health
• Theories of Spiritual Development
• Development of Moral Reasoning
• Development of Faith
• Integrating Meaning and Personality: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis
• A Synthesizing Model
• Stages of Mystical Experience
• The Process of Transition
• Commentary and Conclusions
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 10: Stress and Coping with Stress
• Stress, Stressors, and Stress Reactions
• Types of Stress
• Effects of Stress
• Physical Disease
• Mental Health Disorders
• Individual Differences in Stress-Related Disorders
• Stress-Related Growth
• Coping with Stress
• Types of Coping Behaviors
• Social Support
• Personality Traits and Coping
• Resilience
• Reactions to Trauma
• Individual Differences in Resilience
• Resilience in Military Combat and Deployment
• A Final Word on Stress and Resilience
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 11: Preparing for the End of Life
• Achieving an Understanding of Death
• Meanings of Death
• Death Anxiety
• Accepting the Reality of One’s Eventual Death
• The Process of Death
• Stages of Reactions to Death
• The Importance of Farewells
• Individual Adaptations to Dying
• Choosing Where to Die
• Choosing When to Die
• After Death Occurs: Rituals and Grieving
• Ritual Mourning: Funerals and Ceremonies
• The Process of Grieving
• Living and Dying: A Final Word
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• Chapter 12: A Life Well Lived
• Themes of Adult Development
• Emerging Adulthood (Ages 18 to 24)
• Young Adulthood (Ages 25 to 39)
• Middle Adulthood (Ages 40 to 64)
• Older Adulthood (Ages 65 to 74)
• Late Adulthood (Age 75 and Older)
• Variations in Successful Development
• Individual Differences in Quality of Life
• Other Measures of Life Success
• A Model of Adult Growth and Development: Trajectories and Pathways
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Suggested Reading
• References
• Glossary
• Credits
• Author Index
• Subject Index