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Adult Development and Aging (5th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: K. Warner Schaie, Sherry L. Willis
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
List Price: $144.40
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 264315
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Pages: 640
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0130894397
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.24
EAN: 9780130894397
ASIN: 0130894397
Publication Date: March 30, 2001
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Product Description
This comprehensive book helps readers process a clear picture of adult development and aging with the help and results of intensive scientific research. It challenges common stereotypes about this subject matter, and interprets the research data into an optimistic yet realistic appraisal of the many problems faced by the elderly in today's society. Chapter topics look at independence and intimacy in young adulthood; responsibility and failure in the middle years; the reintegration or despair of later life; research methodology; families; careers; personality development; learning and memory; intellectual and biological development; mental disorders; and death and bereavement. For individuals who want to view the potential richness of life—at all stages, and/or understand the lives of older adults they may care for.
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 Not my favorite book August 8, 2008
L. Jorgensen (Los Angeles, CA)
This text provided very basic information on development and aging. The authors site their work several times throughout, but left out several other studies that should have been included. It may be good for undergrad level, but definitely not enough detail for grad students.
 Old People? June 13, 2003
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
The term "old people" is offensive to me, and this book is full of the term. The authors cite themselves so frequently that the validity of the content is questionable.
 Excellent for use as textbook May 20, 2003
Robyn (Northern California, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Schaie and Willis provide a wonderfully rich, interdisciplinary overview of adult development and aging. Each chapter is chock full of information on the biological, psychological and physical effects of aging from young adulthood onward. Interesting statistics (that are updated for new editions) and tables are also included. I had to purchase the book for an undergraduate class on adult development; it was a great primer for understanding the changes we undergo as we age.
Excellent primer on the topic March 28, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book covers, in very good depth, the life cycle from youth through old age. Backed up by plenty of research and statistics, the look is more of one of cold hard fact than of heart, but this is helpful for those just entering gerontology. I was given this text by my supervisor upon entry into a senior residential facility, and I felt I certainly gained from it. Maybe not as handy to those well-read on the topic, but a very good basic guide and introduction. Recommended.
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