Adult Development and Aging
by K. Warner Schaie, Sherry L. Willis
ISBN-10: 0130894397
ISBN-13: 9780130894397
$232.40
Book Specs
Trade Cloth
Pearson
Published on
Mar 20, 2001
Edition
5th Edition
Dimensions
7.48x1.42x9.05 Inches
Weight
2.54 Pounds
About the Book
This comprehensive book helps readers process a clear picture of adult development and aging with the help and results of intensive scientific research. It challenges common stereotypes about this subject matter, and interprets the research data into an optimistic yet realistic appraisal of the many problems faced by the elderly in today's society. Chapter topics look at independence and intimacy in young adulthood; responsibility and failure in the middle years; the reintegration or despair of later life; research methodology; families; careers; personality development; learning and memory; intellectual and biological development; mental disorders; and death and bereavement. For individuals who want to view the potential richness of life—at all stages, and/or understand the lives of older adults they may care for.