Aging and Cognition: Research Methodologies

Aging and Cognition takes an interdisciplinary look at cognitive aginghow it happens and how to study it. The first part of the book explores methods for measuring cognitive change, including how to study cohort effects. The second part explores the social and psychological factors associated with cognitive aging. And, finally, a brief concluding section explores how to use research findings to improve the everyday functioning of adultsa challenging task because everyday functioning relies on complex cognitive tasks, while most cognitive research measures only basic cognitive tasks.

Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 3
Methodological Issues in the Study of Developmental Change	p. 7
History, Cohorts, and Patterns of Cognitive Aging	p. 9
Factor Invariance, Measurement, and Studying Development Over the Life Span	p. 39
A Multilevel Factor Analysis Perspective on Intellectual Development in Old Age	p. 53
The Search for Structure: The Temperamental Character of the Temperament and Character Inventory	p. 77
Convergence Between Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies: Cohort Matters	p. 101
Cognitive, Social, and Psychological Development in Adulthood	p. 119
How Those Who Have, Thrive: Mechanisms Underlying the Well-Being of the Advantaged in Later Life	p. 121
The Rise and Fall of Control Beliefs in Adulthood: Cognitive and Biopsychosocial Antecedents and Consequences of Stability and Change Over 9 Years	p. 143
Use It or Lose It: An Old Hypothesis, New Evidence, and an Ongoing Controversy	p. 161
Dynamic Emotion-Cognition Interactions in Adult Development: Arousal, Stress, and the Processing of Affect	p. 181
The Way We Were: Perceptions of Past Memory Change in Older Adults	p. 197
Applying Research Findings	p. 217
The Role of Cognitive Ability in Everyday Functioning: Medication Adherence as an Example	p. 219
Index	p. 241
About the Editors	p. 247
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Aging and Cognition: Research Methodologies and Empirical Advances

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