Life-Span Developmental Psychology. Research and Theory

Content: 
CONTRIBUTORS, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
Acknowledgments, Page xv
CHAPTER 1 - Status and Issues of a Life-Span Developmental Psychology, Pages 3-21, PAUL B. BALTES, L.R. GOULET
CHAPTER 2 - Historical Antecedents of Life-Span Developmental Psychology, Pages 23-52, DON C. CHARLES
CHAPTER 3 - Life-Span Developmental Psychology in Europe: Past and Present, Pages 53-68, KARL J. GROFFMANN
CHAPTER 4 - An Approach to Theory Construction in the Psychology of Development and Aging, Pages 71-114, D.B. BROMLEY
CHAPTER 5 - Models of Development and Theories of Development, Pages 115-145, HAYNE W. REESE, WILLIS F. OVERTON
CHAPTER 6 - Methodology and Research Strategy in the Study of Developmental Change, Pages 149-191, JOACHIM F. WOHLWILL
CHAPTER 7 - Application of Multivariate Strategies to Problems of Measuring and Structuring Long-Term Change, Pages 193-207, JOHN R. NESSELROADE
CHAPTER 8 - Life-Span Changes in Visual Perception, Pages 211-226, PETER E. COMALLI Jr.
CHAPTER 9 - Light Detection and Pattern Recognition: Some Comments on the Growth of Visual Sensation and Perception, Pages 227-246, HARRY MUNSINGER
CHAPTER 10 - Cognitive Changes in Adulthood, Pages 247-253, JOHN H. FLAVELL
CHAPTER 11 - Learning in Children and in Older Adults, Pages 257-284, JACK BOTWINICK
CHAPTER 12 - The Experiential Origins of Human Behavior, Pages 285-303, LEWIS P. LIPSITT
CHAPTER 13 - Retention–-Forgetting as a Nomological Network for Developmental Research, Pages 305-353, DONALD H. KAUSLER
CHAPTER 14 - The Language Acquisition Process: A Reinterpretation of Selected Research Findings, Pages 357-399, KLAUS F. RIEGEL
CHAPTER 15 - Research on Language Acquisition: Do We Know Where We Are Going?, Pages 401-420, DAVID S. PALERMO
CHAPTER 16 - Organization of Data on Life-Span Development of Human Abilities, Pages 423-466, JOHN L. HORN
CHAPTER 17 - Comparative Factor Analytic Studies of Intelligence throughout The Human Life-Span, Pages 467-484, GUNTHER REINERT
CHAPTER 18 - A Reinterpretation of Age Related Changes in Cognitive Structure and Functioning, Pages 485-507, K. WARNER SCHAIE
References, Pages 509-562
Author Index, Pages 563-576
Subject Index, Pages 577-591