Essential Papers on the Psychology of Aging Book

	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Theory
1	Toward an Experimental Psychology of Aging	7
2	A General Model for the Study of Developmental Problems	27
3	Engagement and Disengagement: Toward a Theory of Adult Development	56
4	Disengagement and Patterns of Aging	68
5	Theoretical Propositions of Life-Span Developmental Psychology: On the Dynamics between Growth and Decline	86
Pt. 2	Basic Psychological Processes
6	The Applicability of Mental Tests to Persons over Fifty Years of Age	131
7	The Growth and Decline of Intelligence: A Study of a Homogeneous Group between the Ages of Ten and Sixty	149
8	Measures of Certain Human Abilities throughout the Life Span	175
9	Influence of Speed and Age on Intelligence Scores of Adults	183
10	Age and Mental Ability in Superior Men	187
11	The Creative Production Rates of Present versus Past Generations of Scientists	223
12	Age Differences in Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence	241
13	The Seattle Longitudinal Studies of Adult Intelligence	263
14	Memory Storage and Aging	272
15	Age Differences in Recall and Recognition	282
16	Lifetime Maintenance of High School Mathematics Content	296
17	Concept Problem Solving in Young and Old Adults	325
18	Signal, Noise, Performance, and Age	333
19	Aging and Skilled Problem Solving	353
20	Effects of Age and Skill in Typing	382
Pt. 3	Social Psychology and Personality
21	Aging among the Highland Maya: A Comparative Study	431
22	Interaction and Adaptation: Intimacy As a Critical Variable	445
23	Influence of Extraversion and Neuroticism on Subjective Well-Being: Happy and Unhappy People	463
24	Speaking about Feelings: Conceptions of Emotion across the Life Span	481
25	Choosing Social Partners: How Old Age and Anticipated Endings Make People More Selective	511
26	Attitudes toward Old People in an Older Sample	539
27	Effects of Control and Predictability on the Physical and Psychological Well-Being of the Institutionalized Aged	550
28	Locus of Control in Aging Research: A Case for Multidimensional and Domain-Specific Assessment	570
29	Status and Functioning of Future Cohorts of African-American Elderly: Conclusions and Speculations	588
Pt. 4	Clinical and Applied Issues
30	The Measurement of Life Satisfaction	613
31	Short-Term and Long-Term Prediction of Adjustment to a New Environment	634
32	The Ecology of Social Relationships in Housing for the Elderly	653
33	Memory Complaint and Impairment in the Aged: The Effect of Depression and Altered Brain Function	669
34	Can Decline in Adult Intellectual Functioning Be Reversed?	682
35	Chronic Stress and Immunity in Family Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Victims	704
36	The Effects of Late-Life Spousal Bereavement over a Thirty-Month Interval	722
37	Psychological Effects of Institutionalization	739
38	On the Social Ecology of Dependence and Independence in Elderly Nursing Home Residents: A Replication and Extension	760
39	The Mental Life of Dying Geriatric Patients	775
	Index	785