Ebook: The Psychology of Aging: An Introduction, 4th Edition
Author: Ian Stuart-Hamilton
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition: 4
- Language: English
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Review of the 3rd edition. 'Ian Stuart-Hamilton's text & hellip;has & hellip;become a & ldquo;classic & rdquo; text in its field ... a very readable and academically accessible introductory textbook & hellip; Stuart-Hamilton's excitement for the potential developments in the area of psychogerontology is perhaps the greatest strength of this textbook. It is likely to engage student interest at undergraduate level and Read more...
Content: Preface --
What is ageing? --
Measuring intellectual change in later life --
Ageing and memory --
Ageing and language --
Ageing, personality and lifestyle --
Mental illness and ageing --
Problems in measuring the psychological status of older people --
What is the future of ageing?
Abstract: Review of the 3rd edition. 'Ian Stuart-Hamilton's text & hellip;has & hellip;become a & ldquo;classic & rdquo; text in its field ... a very readable and academically accessible introductory textbook & hellip; Stuart-Hamilton's excitement for the potential developments in the area of psychogerontology is perhaps the greatest strength of this textbook. It is likely to engage student interest at undergraduate level and provide a basic platform from which further postgraduate study may progress. For either group, it is unlikely that students will come away from a reading of the text without at least some exc