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"Adult Development and Aging" offers professors and students a clear, comprehensive and current account of the salient issues and concerns that dominate the field of adult development. Hoyer and Roodin employ an interdisciplinary, process oriented perspective to show students the past, present, and future of our understanding and research in adult development. . . In this thoroughly-revised new edition, Hoyer and Roodin continue to provide cutting edge material in an accessible manner for undergraduates. With a new theme of developmental bioculturalism running throughout, the authors also present the most balanced and comprehensive coverage of biological, health, cognitive, and social areas.

John Santrock received his PH.D from the University of Minnesota in 1973. He has held teaching positions at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the Psychology Department at the University of Texas at Dallas. John Santrock is a member of the editorial board of Developmental Psychology. His research on father custody is widely cited and used in expert witness testimony to promote flexibility and alternative considerations in custody disputes.

1. Adult Development: An Introduction
2. Social and Cultural Diversity
3. Physiological and Sensory Processes
4. Adaptation and Coping
5. Mental Health and Interventions
6. Physical Health and Lifestyles
7. Memory, Attention, and Learning
8. Intelligence and Creativity
9. Wisdom and Experience
10. Personality
11. Relationships and Sexuality
12. Work, Leisure and Retirement
13. How We Die
Appendix A: Developmental Research Methods
Appendix B: Careers in Basic & Applied Gerontology

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Adult Development and Aging

Adult Development and Aging

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Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

2. Social and Cultural Diversity

3. Physiological and Sensory Processes

4. Adaptation and Coping

5. Mental Health and Interventions

6. Physical Health and Lifestyles

7. Memory, Attention, and Learning

8. Intelligence and Creativity

9. Wisdom and Experience

10. Personality

11. Relationships and Sexuality

12. Work, Leisure and Retirement

13. How We Die

Appendix A: Developmental Research Methods

Appendix B: Careers in Basic & Applied Gerontology

Supplemental Materials