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When I'm 64 /

By 2030 there will be about 70 million people in the United States who are older than 64. Approximately 26 percent of these will be racial and ethnic minorities. Overall, the older population will be more diverse and better educated than their earlier cohorts. The range of late-life outcomes is very...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carstensen, Laura L., Hartel, Christine R., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2006.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Committee report
  • Overview
  • The social side of human aging
  • Motivation and behavioral change
  • Socioemotional influences on decision making: the challenge of choice
  • Social engagement and cognition
  • Opportunities lost: the impact of stereotypes on self and others
  • Background papers
  • Initiatives to motivate change: a review of theory and practice and their implications for older adults / Alexander J. Rothman
  • A review of decision-making processes: weighing the risks and benefits of aging / Mara Mather
  • A social psychological perspective on the stigmatization of older adults / Jennifer A. Richeson, J. Nicole Shelton
  • Measuring psychological mechanisms / Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology
  • Measurement: Aging and the Psychology of Self-Report / Norbert Schwarz
  • Optimizing brief assessments in research on the psychology of aging: a pragmatic approach to self-report measurement / Jon A. Krosnick, Allyson L. Holbrook, Penny S. Visser
  • Utility of brain imaging methods in research on aging / Christine R. Hartel, Randy L. Buckner
  • Research infrastructure / Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology.