Psychology of Aging

Contributors


Foreword Brian D. Carpenter, PhD


Preface


Acknowledgments


Instructor Resources


Chapter 1. Introduction to the Psychology of Aging


Brian P. Yochim and Erin L. Woodhead


Chapter 2. Cultural Variations in Aging Experiences of Ethnically and Sexually Diverse Older Adults


Kimberly E. Hiroto, Jennifer S. Ho, and Sarah J. Yarry


Chapter 3. Models of Aging


Erin L. Woodhead and Brian P. Yochim


Chapter 4. The Aging Body


Adriana Savettiere and J. Kaci Fairchild


Chapter 5. Age-Related Illnesses


Eliza Morgan, Devon Delaney, and J. Kaci Fairchild


Chapter 6. Changes to the Brain: Methods of Investigation, Aging, and Neuroplasticity


Tyler A. Rickards, Emily E. Smith, Juliana Baldo, and Brian P. Yochim


Chapter 7. Personality and Emotional Development


Erin L. Woodhead


Chapter 8. Mental Health and Aging


Erin L. Woodhead


Chapter 9. Cognition and Aging


Kathrine Whitman, Talia Barrett, Jennifer H. Coane, and Sharda Umanath


Chapter 10. Neurocognitive Disorders in Late Life


Brian P. Yochim


Chapter 11. Death and the Dying Process, Bereavement, and Widowhood


Andrea June and Meghan A. Marty


Chapter 12. Relationships, Families, and Aging: Changes in Roles With Aging


Rachel L. Rodriguez, J. W. Terri Huh, and Susan Ryan


Chapter 13. Aging, Work, and Retirement


Christina Matz and Jacquelyn James


Chapter 14. Aging and the Legal System


Sheri Gibson and Rachel Weiskittle


Chapter 15. The Social Context of Aging


Nancy A. Pachana and Sophie Griffiths


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• Psicologia do envelhecimento

aging; psychology; biopsychosocial; older adults; mental health; cognition; retirement; successful aging; brain; development