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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828304803321

Titolo

When I'm 64 / / Laura L. Carstensen and Christine R. Hartel, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, 2006

ISBN

0-309-16491-5

1-280-34931-X

9786610349319

0-309-65508-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarstensenLaura L

HartelChristine R. <1947->

Disciplina

155.67

Soggetti

Aging - Psychological aspects

Aging - Social aspects

Older people - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Part One Committee Report -- 1 Overview -- 2 The Social Side of Human Aging -- 3 Motivation and Behavioral Change -- 4 Socioemotional Influences on Decision Making: The Challenge of Choice -- 5 Social Engagement and Cognition -- 6 Opportunities Lost: The Impact of Stereotypes on Self and Others -- References -- Part Two Background Papers -- Initiatives to Motivate Change: A Review of Theory and Practice and Their Implications for Older Adults--Alexander J. Rothman -- A Review of Decision-Making Processes: Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Aging--Mara Mather -- A Social Psychological Perspective on the Stigmatization of Older Adults--Jennifer A. Richeson and J. Nicole Shelton -- Measuring Psychological Mechanisms--Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology -- Measurement: Aging and the Psychology of Self-Report--Norbert Schwarz -- Optimizing Brief Assessments in Research on the Psychology of Aging: A Pragmatic Approach to Self-Report Measurement--Jon A. Krosnick, Allyson L. Holbrook, and Penny S. Visser -- Utility of Brain Imaging Methods in Research on Aging--



Christine R. Hartel and Randy L. Buckner -- Research Infrastructure--Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology -- Appendix--Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors -- Index.