Social cognition and aging / edited by Thomas M. Hess, Fredda Blanchard-Fields.

Other author Hess, Thomas M.
Other author Blanchard-Fields, Fredda.
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Diego : Academic Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxxiv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents The social cognitive perspective and the study of aging / Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Thomas M. Hess -- The sense of control and cognitive aging : toward a model of mediational processes / Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, Margie E. Lachman -- Beliefs about memory and aging / Christopher Hertzog, Tara T. Lineweaver and Christy L. McGuire -- Memory self-efficacy in its social cognitive context / Jane M. Berry -- Possible selves in adulthood : incorporating teleonomic relevance into studies of the self / Karen Hooker -- Sources of resilience in the aging self : toward integrating perspectives / Jochen Brandtstädter -- Autobiographical memory and social cognition : development of the remembered self in adulthood / Joseph M. Fitzgerald -- A social cognitive perspective on age stereotypes / Mary Lee Hummert -- Age and memory : perceptions of forgetful young and older adults / Joan T. Erber and Irene G. Prager -- Social schematicity and causal attributions / Fredda Blanchard-Fields -- Cognitive and knowledge-based influences on social representations / Thomas M. Hess -- Exploring cognition in interactive situations : the aging of N + 1 minds / Roger A. Dixon -- Moral development in maturity : life-span perspectives on the processes of successful aging / Michael W. Pratt, Joan E. Norris -- The role of time in the setting of social goals across the life span / Susan Turk Charles, Laura L. Carstensen -- Social cognition and a psychological approach to an art of life / Ursula M. Staudinger.
Local noteLittle-348775--3051310556972
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98083121
ISBN0123452600 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780123452603 (alk. paper)