Up-to-date annotated bibliography dealing with the important psychological issues of aging covers varied types of source materials. An introduction sets the stage for the topical chapters that make up the main part of the book. The 14 topical chapters cover theoretical and research methodology, sensory and perceptual processes, psychophysiology, learning/memory and problem-solving, intelligence and creativity, interpersonal relationships, personality, work and retirement, mental health and therapy, and death and dying. Author and subject indexes make the unique guide easily accessible for varied research in the field of psychology and gerontology.
About the Author, Bert Hayslip
BERT HAYSLIP, JR., is Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas and is Chair of the Doctoral Program in Experimental Psychology.
HEATHER L. SERVATY is a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of North Texas.
AMIE S. WARD is a doctoral candidate in Experimental Psychology at the University of North Texas.
A sampling of over 500 journal articles, books, and book chapters offers graduate students and beginning researchers both access to useful information sources and an overview of the direction of research in the past 10-15 years. Emphasizes research summaries and literature reviews rather than reports on narrow topics; also includes some older classic works. The annotations of one or two sentences are descriptive and critical. Among the sections are theory in the psychology of aging, learning and memory, therapy and intervention, and death and dying. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)