Perspectives on cognitive change in adulthood and aging /
Perspectives on cognitive change in adulthood and aging /
edited by Fredda Blanchard-Fields and Thomas M. Hess
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c1996
- xv, 537 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- McGraw-Hill series in developmental psychology .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Section 1: Foundations. Introduction to the study of cognitive change in adulthood / Thomas M. Hess, Fredda Blanchard-Fields -- Theoretical issues in cognition and aging / Roger A. Dixon, Christopher Hertzog -- Methodological issues in research on cognition and aging / Christopher Hertzog, Roger A. Dixon -- Vision, audition, and aging research
Section 2: Information processing and memory. Active selection and inhibition in the aging of attention / Dana J. Plude, Lisa K. Schwartz and Lisa J. Murphy -- Memory changes in normal aging / Anderson D. Smith, Julie L. Earles -- The Aging of implicit and explicit memory / Darlene V. Howard -- Language and discourse processing through adulthood / Elizabeth A.L. Stine, Lisa M. Doederberg and Daniel G. Morrow
Section 3: Intelligence. Psychometric intelligence and aging / K. Warner Schaie, Sherry Willis -- Practical intelligence and problem solving: searching for perspectives / Cynthia A. Berg, Paul A. Klaczynski -- The Developmental approach: postformal thought as adaptive intelligence / Jan Sinnott
Section 4: Cognition in context. Memory in context / Thomas M. Hess, Sharon M. Pullen -- Age-related differences in skilled performance and skill acquisition / Elizabeth A. Bosman, Neil Charness -- Social cognitive development in adulthood and aging / Fredda Blanchard-Fields -- Memory self-efficacy as a moderator of memory change / John C. Cavanaugh
0-07-028450-4 (acid-free paper)
Cognition -- Age factors
Memory -- Age factors
Human information processing -- Age factors
Aging -- Psychological aspects
DC 155.6713 / P43
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Section 1: Foundations. Introduction to the study of cognitive change in adulthood / Thomas M. Hess, Fredda Blanchard-Fields -- Theoretical issues in cognition and aging / Roger A. Dixon, Christopher Hertzog -- Methodological issues in research on cognition and aging / Christopher Hertzog, Roger A. Dixon -- Vision, audition, and aging research
Section 2: Information processing and memory. Active selection and inhibition in the aging of attention / Dana J. Plude, Lisa K. Schwartz and Lisa J. Murphy -- Memory changes in normal aging / Anderson D. Smith, Julie L. Earles -- The Aging of implicit and explicit memory / Darlene V. Howard -- Language and discourse processing through adulthood / Elizabeth A.L. Stine, Lisa M. Doederberg and Daniel G. Morrow
Section 3: Intelligence. Psychometric intelligence and aging / K. Warner Schaie, Sherry Willis -- Practical intelligence and problem solving: searching for perspectives / Cynthia A. Berg, Paul A. Klaczynski -- The Developmental approach: postformal thought as adaptive intelligence / Jan Sinnott
Section 4: Cognition in context. Memory in context / Thomas M. Hess, Sharon M. Pullen -- Age-related differences in skilled performance and skill acquisition / Elizabeth A. Bosman, Neil Charness -- Social cognitive development in adulthood and aging / Fredda Blanchard-Fields -- Memory self-efficacy as a moderator of memory change / John C. Cavanaugh
0-07-028450-4 (acid-free paper)
Cognition -- Age factors
Memory -- Age factors
Human information processing -- Age factors
Aging -- Psychological aspects
DC 155.6713 / P43