Adult Development and Aging [Hardcover]

Bert Hayslip (Author), Paul E. Panek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002 | ISBN-10: 1575240467 | ISBN-13: 978-1575240466 | Edition: 3

Adult Development and AgingI deals with all of adulthood, giving equal coverage to issues facing young, middle-aged, and older persons in our society. The text examines the development of adults of all ages from a topical rather than a chronological perspective. Special consideration is given to issues regarding personality and psychopathology, clinical interventions, cognitive processes such as learning, memory, and intelligence, social roles in adulthood, physical changes with age, and death and dying. Emphases are placed on the relationships of a variety of domains of functioning to one another, on the understanding of adults within the context of the entire life span, and on the relativistic nature of adulthood. Implications for the everyday functioning of adults are stressed as is the scientific basis for our knowledge of adults of all ages. The text has a glossary, and each chapter includes a list of key terms and review questions. There are opportunities for students to evaluate the quality of their learning, as well as brief interviews with adults on a variety of topics relevant to their everyday lives such as marriage, parenting, grandparenting, hospice care, adult education and learning, and mental health.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Krieger Pub Co; 3 edition (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575240467
• ISBN-13: 978-1575240466
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,881,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An extensive bibliography, glossary and index round out this excellent educational text, December 2, 2007

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This review is from: Adult Development and Aging (Hardcover)

Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Adult Development and Aging by the team of Expert psychologists Bert Hayslip Jr., Paul E. Panek, and Julie Hicks Patrick, is an academic examination of the psychological development of adults of all pages. Presenting its findings grouped through topicality rather than chronology, Adult Development and Aging covers socialization and interpersonal relationships, occupational selection and work, mental health and psychopathology, intervention and therapy, death and dying, and much more. An extensive bibliography, glossary and index round out this excellent educational text, ideal for students and professionals in the field.