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Handbook of Adult Development

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Jack Demick

    1. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

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  2. Carrie Andreoletti

    1. Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

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  • Presents state-of-the-art theory and research on the burgeoning subfield of developmental psychology

Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging (SSAD)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introductory Theory and Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Theory in Adult Development

      • Judith Stevens-Long, Greg Michaud
      Pages 3-22

    3. Learning in Adulthood

      • William J. Hoyer, Dayna R. Touron
      Pages 23-41

    4. Developmental Change in Adulthood

      • David Moshman
      Pages 43-61

    5. Adult Development

      • Seymour Wapner, Jack Demick
      Pages 63-83

    6. Research Methods in Adult Development

      • John C. Cavanaugh, Susan Krauss Whitbourne
      Pages 85-100

  3. Biocognitive Development in Adulthood

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Multiple Perspectives on the Development of Adult Intelligence

      • Cynthia A. Berg, Robert J. Sternberg
      Pages 103-119

    3. Age-Related Changes in Memory

      • Margaret G. O’Connor, Edith F. Kaplan
      Pages 121-130

    4. The Ontogeny of Wisdom in Its Variations

      • Deirdre A. Kramer
      Pages 131-151

    5. Psychological Approaches to Wisdom and Its Development

      • Dorothy J. Shedlock, Steven W. Cornelius
      Pages 153-167

    6. Reflective Thinking in Adulthood

      • Kurt W. Fischer, Ellen Pruyne
      Pages 169-198

    7. Four Postformal Stages

      • Michael Lamport Commons, Francis A. Richards
      Pages 199-219

    8. Postformal Thought and Adult Development

      • Jan D. Sinnott
      Pages 221-238

    9. Developmental Trajectories and Creative Work in Late Life

      • Laura Tahir, Howard E. Gruber
      Pages 239-255

    10. The Development of Possible Selves During Adulthood

      • Jane Allin Bybee, Yvonne V. Wells
      Pages 257-270

    11. The Good Life

      • Cheryl Armon, Theo Linda Dawson
      Pages 271-300

    12. Moral Metacognition in Adolescence and Adulthood

      • Dawn E. Schrader
      Pages 301-327

    13. Protest, Collaboration, and Creation of Alternative Models

      • Alice LoCicero
      Pages 329-349
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About this book

This volume is an outgrowth ofcontemporary research on development over the adult lifespan, which by now has burgeoned and developed both nationally and internationally. However, for us, the impetus to be involved in this area was spawned and nurtured by our initial association with the Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD) with its origins some 15 years ago by Michael Commonsand his associates inCambridge, Massachusetts. Throughthegood will and support of this society, we also became, and are still, heavily involved with the Journal of Adult Development and the Kluwer-Plenum Monograph Series on Adult Development and Aging, ofwhich this volume is a companion. Many ofthe contributions in the volume are from SRAD members, who con­ sistently adhere to a focus on positive adult development. Their chapters have been complemented by pieces from other researchers, who have adopted more mainstream approaches to adult development and/oraging. Regardless ofthe par­ ticular approach and/or focus of the chapter, all the work reported herein sup­ ports the relatively recent idea that development is not restricted to children and adolescents but continues throughout the adult lifespan in ways that we never envisionedsome 20 years ago. Thus, the volume represents state-of-the-arttheory, research, and practice on adult development, which has the potential to occupy us all for some time to come.

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This volume provides an overview of the major theories and research in the field. It includes sections on introductory theory and method, biocognitive development in adulthood, and social development in adulthood. This content will be useful for years to come. Professionals, clinicians, researchers, academics and graduate students in the larger field of development psychology will find the book an invaluable resource.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

    Jack Demick

  • Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

    Carrie Andreoletti

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