Developmental Psychology Arena

Dying, Death, and Bereavement

• By Lewis R. Aiken

This book is a brief but comprehensive survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying. It is interdisciplinary and eclectic--medical, psychological,...

Published July 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Behavior, Health, and Aging

• Edited by Stephen B. Manuck, Richard Jennings, Bruce Rabin, , Andrew S. Baum, Andrew S. Baum

A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcare dilemmas....

Published June 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Communication and Aging

• By Jon F. Nussbaum, Loretta L. Pecchioni, James D. Robinson, Teresa L. Thompson

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking...

Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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The Handbook of Aging and Cognition

• Edited by Fergus Craik, Timothy A. Salthouse

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues...

Published December 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Processing of Medical information in Aging Patients

Cognitive and Human Factors Perspectives

• Edited by Denise C. Park, Roger W. Morrell, Kim Shifren, Denise Park

This volume focuses on understanding the impact of age-related decline in cognitive abilities on medical decisions and compliance with medical instructions. It examines how medical...

Published May 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Personality Development

Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Investigations of Loevinger's Conception of Ego Development

• Edited by P. Michiel Westenberg, Augusto Blasi, Lawrence D. Cohn

Jane Loevinger's innovative research methodology, psychometric rigor, and theoretical scope have attracted the attention of numerous scholars and researchers. Empirical investigations employing Loevinger's Washington University...

Published February 1st 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Adult Learning and Development

Perspectives From Educational Psychology

• Edited by M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot

Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems. Learning, instruction,...

Published January 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Cross-cultural Communication and Aging in the United States

• Edited by Hana Noor Al-Deen

Recently, the communication discipline has devoted increasing energy toward the study of aging, yet most of the research has insufficiently addressed a crucial factor in...

Published August 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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The Developmental Psychology of Planning

Why, How, and When Do We Plan?

• Edited by Sarah L. Friedman, Ellin Kofsky Scholnick

Planning is defined as formulating an organized method for action in advance. Although people do not plan all the time and planning does not occur...

Published August 1st 1997 by Psychology Press.

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Alzheimer Discourse

Some Sociolinguistic Dimensions

• By Vai Ramanathan

This book deals with the narrative discourse--specifically lifestories--of 16 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD). It attempts to understand the discourse of these patients in...

Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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