Development through Adulthood : An Integrative Sourcebook /: An Integrative Sourcebook. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Oliver Robinson.
• Authors: Robinson, Oliver
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; 1 Adulthood, Development and the Biopsychosocial Paradigm; Ways of defining adulthood; Defining adult development; Three kinds of change in development; The biopsychosocial paradigm of development; Concluding comments; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 2 Research Methods in Adult Development; Description, understanding, explanation and prediction; Developmental research designs; Quantitative methods in adult development Qualitative methods in adult developmentConcluding comments; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 3 Cognitive Development; The Neo-Piagetian paradigm; The psychometric paradigm of cognitive ageing; Individual differences in cognitive ageing in older adults; Who improves, who maintains, who declines in cognitive ability?; Ways of enhancing cognitive ability in older adults; Concluding comments; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 4 Emotional Development; The functionalist theory of emotions; Emotional developments in childhood: A very brief review Adult emotional developmentDevelopments in emotional complexity and emotional integration; Changes in happiness and subjective wellbeing with age; The positivity effect in older adults; Changes in emotional intelligence and emotional regulation across adulthood; Emotions within specific contexts in adulthood; Concluding comments; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 5 Motivational Development; The primary drives across adulthood; Classic lifespan goal theories; Contemporary lifespan goal theories; Selection, Optimisation and Compensation (SOC) Theory; Self-efficacy in adulthood Motivational maturity: The importance of intrinsically motivated and integrated goalsPurpose and meaning in adulthood: The search for ultimate goals; Adult motivation in context: The motive to volunteer; Concluding comments; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 6 Psychosocial Life Stages, Transitions and Crises; Erik Erikson's model of the life-cycle; Transition and crisis; Emerging adulthood; Early adulthood; Early adult crisis ('quarterlife' crisis); The transition to parenthood; Midlife: The afternoon of life; Midlife transition and crisis; Menopause; The Third Age The Fourth AgeConcluding comments: A critique of psychosocial stage and transition theories; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 7 Personality Development; Trait theory; Cross-sectional adult age differences in the Big Five traits; Four kinds of longitudinal change in traits; Longitudinal research on personality trait change; Genes and environment in adult trait change; The mature personality: Five conceptions; Theories of ego development; The life story approach to personality development; Concluding comments; Questions for you to reflect on; Summary points; 8 Moral Development
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (472 pages)
• Subjects: 155.6; General; General; Developmental/Adulthood & Aging; Psychology; Adulthood -- Psychological aspects; Developmental psychology; Developmental/Adulthood & Aging; Psychology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137291202; 1137291206; 9781137291219; 1137291214
• Related ISBNs: 9780230297999; 0230297994
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