Written within a biopsychosocial framework, Cavanaugh and Blanchard-Fields' best-selling text covers the specific ages-stages of adult development and aging. In its unparalleled coverage of current research and theory, the authors draw clear connections between research and application. The book's focus on "positive aging" and the gains and losses people experience across adulthood distinguish it from its competitors.
Contents
- 1. Studying Adult Development and Aging
- 2. Neuroscience as a Basis for Adult Development and Aging
- 3. Physical Changes
- 4. Longevity, Health, and Functioning
- 5. Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions
- 6. Attention and Memory
- 7. Intelligence
- 8. Social Cognition
- 9. Personality
- 10. Clinical Assessment, Mental Health, and Mental Disorders
- 11. Relationships
- 12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement
- 13. Dying and Bereavement
- 14. Successful Aging
Key Features
- The book's scholarship is unparalleled. The authors are both well-known researchers and eminent academics who successfully integrate cutting-edge research in the text.
- Reviewers and current users highly praise two distinctive chapters: Chapter 5, Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions and Optimal Aging," and Chapter 8, "Social Cognition." (The chapter number and chapter title have been updated for the 6/e)--TT
- The authors provide students with useful pedagogical tools for major sections within each chapter. Each section opens with Learning Objectives and ends with a Concept Check to help students determine the most important information from that section.
- End-of-chapter pedagogy includes Review Questions organized by topic heading for quick review, Integrating Concepts in Development questions relating to other chapters, Key Terms (with definitions), and a comprehensive Resource list of annotated readings.
- "How Do We Know?" boxes draw students' attention to specific research studies that are discussed briefly in the main body of the text. Details about the study's design, participants, and outcomes enable students to connect the information about these issues as presented in Chapter 1 ("Studying Adult Development and Aging") with the specific research that appears throughout the text.
- "Current Controversies" boxes raise provocative issues about topics discussed in the chapter, helping students to think about the implications of research or policy issues.
- "Discovering Development" boxes provide a starting point for applied projects by giving students a way to see developmental principles and concepts in the real world.
New to this edition
- New discussions of global aging and the economics of aging.
- New discussions of microgenetic research and the meta-analytic technique.
- Revised discussions of osteoporosis, arthritis, theories of aging, and new information about dietary sodium and treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- New How Do We Know? features in Chapters 3, 4, 10, 11, and 13.
- New or revised Current Controversies features in Chapters 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, and 14.
- New discussion of aging in place, home modification, congregate housing, assisted living, special care units, and the Green House concept of small home nursing homes.
- New discussion on ecology of aging and community-based living options, including discussions of assisted living.
- New discussion of gender differences in depression and mortality, and inclusion of a life-span view of alcohol abuse.
- New Discovering Development features on caring for aging parents and on successful aging.
- New subsection on making end-of-life intentions known.
- New discussion of the four-component model of grief, and the dual process model of coping with grief.
- New section on Social Security and Medicare.
- New discussions on nutrition and exercise.
About the Author
- John C. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, is President of University of West Florida. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, The American Psychological Society and the Gerontological Society of America. He has been an American Council of Education Fellow and elected President of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the APA (Division 20). In addition, Dr. Cavanaugh was a Congressionally selected delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. His research interests in gerontology concern family care-giving as well as the role of beliefs in older adult's cognitive performance. He is also the co-author of ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING, 5th Edition (Thomson Wadsworth, 2006) with Fredda Blanchard-Fields.
- A new co-author, Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology, joined John Cavanaugh in the 4th edition. Her research interests include social cognition in adulthood and aging, adaptive coping and everyday problem solving, and gender role development across the life span. She is responsible for the new separate chapter on Social Cognition, Chapter 9.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 6 edition (January 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0495601748
- ISBN-13: 978-0495601746
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
List Price: $196.95