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• COVER
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1: THEMES AND ISSUES IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
• THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE
• FOUR PRINCIPLES OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
• THE MEANING OF AGE
• KEY SOCIAL FACTORS IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
• THE BABY BOOMERS GROW UP: CHANGES IN THE MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 2: MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT: NATURE AND NURTURE IN ADULTHOOD
• MODELS OF INDIVIDUAL–ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
• SOCIOCULTURAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT
• PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD
• BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO AGING IN ADULTHOOD
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 3: THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING: RESEARCH METHODS
• VARIABLES IN DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH
• DESCRIPTIVE (SINGLE-FACTOR) RESEARCH DESIGNS
• SEQUENTIAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
• CORRELATIONAL DESIGNS
• TYPES OF RESEARCH METHODS
• MEASUREMENT ISSUES IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
• ETHICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 4: PHYSICAL CHANGES
• APPEARANCE
• BODY BUILD
• MOBILITY
• VITAL BODILY FUNCTIONS
• BODILY CONTROL SYSTEMS
• NERVOUS SYSTEM
• SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 5: HEALTH AND PREVENTION
• KEY CONCEPTS IN HEALTH AND PREVENTION
• DISEASES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• CANCER
• DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
• DIABETES
• RESPIRATORY DISEASES
• NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 6: BASIC COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS: INFORMATION PROCESSING, ATTENTION, AND MEMORY
• PROCESSING SPEED AND ATTENTION
• DRIVING AND AGING
• MEMORY
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 7: HIGHER-ORDER COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
• EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND ITS MEASUREMENT
• LANGUAGE
• EVERYDAY PROBLEM-SOLVING
• INTELLIGENCE
• THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WISDOM
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 8: PERSONALITY
• PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE
• TRAIT APPROACHES
• SOCIAL COGNITIVE APPROACHES
• COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
• MIDLIFE CRISIS THEORIES AND FINDINGS
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 9: RELATIONSHIPS
• MARRIAGE AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
• FAMILIES
• FRIENDSHIPS
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 10: WORK, RETIREMENT, AND LEISURE PATTERNS
• WORK PATTERNS IN ADULTHOOD
• VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• VOCATIONAL SATISFACTION
• AGE AND VOCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
• RETIREMENT
• LEISURE PURSUITS IN LATER ADULTHOOD
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 11: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND TREATMENT
• PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN ADULTHOOD
• ELDER ABUSE
• SUICIDE
• TREATMENT ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE
• SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 12: LONG-TERM CARE
• INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES FOR LONG-TERM CARE
• COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
• THE FINANCING OF LONG-TERM CARE
• LEGISLATIVE LANDMARKS IN THE LONG-TERM CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
• THE QUALITY OF LONG-TERM CARE
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN LONG-TERM CARE
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 13: DEATH AND DYING
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DEATH?
• SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING
• PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING
• ISSUES IN END-OF-LIFE CARE
• BEREAVEMENT
• SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 14: SUCCESSFUL AGING
• WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL AGING?
• CREATIVITY AND AGING
• SUCCESSFUL AGING: FINAL PERSPECTIVES
• SUMMARY
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX
• END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT