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Adult Cognition

An Experimental Psychology of Human Aging
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
253 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am02.10.2013Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
The Springer Series in Cognitive Development contains two basic types of books, namely, edited collections of original chapters by several authors, and original volumes written by one author or a small group of authors.mehr
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KlappentextThe Springer Series in Cognitive Development contains two basic types of books, namely, edited collections of original chapters by several authors, and original volumes written by one author or a small group of authors.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-4613-9486-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum02.10.2013
AuflageSoftcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
ReiheSpringer Series in Cognitive Development
Seiten253 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXIII, 253 p.
Artikel-Nr.32591473

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Age and Its Research Significance.- Professional Achievement.- Industrial Work Performance.- Automobile Driving.- An Important Cautionary Note.- Functional Age.- Summary.- 2 Methodological Issues.- Traditional Research Designs.- Environmental Change Effects.- A Research Design Sensitive to Environmental Change.- Internal and External Validity.- Problems with Selection of Research Participants.- Attempts to Artificially Equate Age Groups.- Health.- Concluding with an Optimistic Perspective.- Summary.- 3 Theoretical Considerations.- Difficulties of Theorizing in Adult Development.- Replacing the Age Variable.- Dimensions for Theory Classification.- Two Illustrative Theories.- Forewarning.- Age Defined by Theory.- Summary.- 4 Psychometric Intelligence.- Definition of Intelligence.- Analysis of Component Abilities.- Characterizing the Differential Decline.- Issues of Controversy.- Theoretical Evaluation.- Summary.- 5 Decision Making and Problem Solving.- Creativity.- Flexibility.- Organizational Skills.- Ability to Make Logical Deductions.- Ability to Discriminate Relevant from Irrelevant Information.- Concrete and Abstract Thinking.- Ability to Proceed Systematically towards a Problem Solution.- Miscellaneous Factors.- Cognitive Regression.- The Critical Role of Experience.- Theoretical Evaluation.- Summary.- 6 Comprehension and Use of Information.- Comprehension.- Structural Characteristics of Semantic Memory.- Rates of Information Activation.- Metamemory.- Remote Memory.- Theoretical Evaluation.- Summary.- 7 Acquisition and Retention.- Localizing the Loss.- Theoretical Evaluation.- Summary.- 8 Stimulus Registration and Interpretation.- Spatial Aspects of Perception.- Temporal Aspects of Perception.- Visual Sensitivity.- Theoretical Evaluation.- Summary.- 9Attentional Capacity and Processing Resources.- History of the Capacity Concept.- Usages of the Capacity Concept.- Processing Rate as an Alternative to Capacity.- Theoretical Evaluation.- Summary.- 10 Speculations and Implications.- Five Major Age Trends.- Practical Significance.- Prospects for Functional Age Measurement.- Theoretical Assessment.- Summary.- References.- Author Index.mehr