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Psy 303 Adult Development & Aging – Fall 2016

To facilitation bookkeeping: put Assignment #’s on papers your turn in; put chapter #’s on questions you turn in.

303 Units

(9-9-11)

The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of the earth and the galaxy of the stars, but that in this prison we can fashion images of ourselves sufficiently powerful to deny or nothingness. (Malraux 1992)

Organization of our class

References

(updated 11-11-13)

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Baltes, P. B., Lindenberger, U., & Staudinger, U. M. (2006). Life span theory in developmental psychology. In R. M. Lerner & W. Damon (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology; Vol. 1, Theoretical models of human development (6th ed., pp. 569-664). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Burrows, A., Morris, J., Simon, S., Hirdes, J., & Phillips, C. (2000). Development of a minimum data set-based depression rating scale for use in nursing home. Age and Ageing, 29, 165-172.

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Cinamon, R.H. (2006). Anticipated work-family conflict: Effects of gender; self-eficacy, and family background. Career Development Quarterly, 54, 202-215.

Cohen, R.A., Malloy, P.F. Jenkins, M.A. & Paul, R.H. (2006). Disorders ofAmnesia. In Snyder, P.J., Nussbaum, P.D., & Robins, D.L., Clinical Neuropsychology (2nd ed.)572-606.Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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Cowen, N., Elliott, E. M., Saults, J.S., Nugent, L.D., Bomb, P., & Hismjatullina A. (2006). Rethinking speed theories of cognitive development: Increasing the rate of recall without affecting accuracy. Psychological Science, 17(1), 67-73.

Daniels, K.A., Toth, J.P., & Jacoby, L.L. (2004). The aging of executive function. Lifespan Cognition: Mechanisms of Change.

Di Fabio, R.P., Zampieri, C., Henke, J., Olson, K., Rickheim, D., & Russell, M. (2005). Influence of elderly executive cognitive funtion on attention in the lower visual field during step initiation. International Journal of Experimental, Clinical, Behavioral, Regenerative and Technological Gertonology, 51(2), 94-107.

Deary, I.J., Johnson, W., & Starr, J.M. (2010). Are processing speed tasks biomarkers of cognitive aging? Psychology and Aging, 25(1), 219-228.

Donohue, R. (2007). Examining career persistence and career change intent using the career attitudes and strategies inventory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 259-276.

Eagleman, D. (2011). Incognito: the secret lives of the brain. New York, NY: Pantheon Books.

Eby, L.T. & McManus, S.E. (2002, April). Proteges’ most positive mentoring experience. In R. Day & T.D. Allen (Co-Chairs), Underlying processes responsible for beneficial mentorships: Implications of emerging research. Annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto

Erber, J.T. (2013).Aging and older adulthood. Wiley-blackwell, West Sussex, UK.

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Gawande, A. (2014). Being Mortal. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books.

Gopie, N., Craik, F.I.M., & Hasher, L. (2010). Destination memory impairment in older people. Psychology and Aging, 25(4), 922-928.

Guia, D.M. (2003). Caregivers stress syndrome. Letters to the editor. Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients.

Gump, B., & Matthews, K. (200, March). Annual vacations, health, and death. Paper presented at the meeting of American Psychosomatic Society, Savannah, GA.

Hall, N.C., Chipperfield, J.G., Heckhausen, J., & Perry R.P. (2010). Control striving in older adults with serious health problems: A 9-year longitudinal study of survival, health, and well-being. Psychology of Aging, 25(2), 432-445.

Hall, R. L. (2007). On the move: Exercise, leisure activities, and midlife women. In V. Muhlbauer & J. C. Chrisler (Eds.), Women over 50: Psychological perspectives (pp. 79-94). New York, NY: Springer.Halpern, D. F. (2000). Sex differences in cognitive abilities (3rd ed.)., Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Hertzog, C. (2008). Theoretical approaches to the study of cognitive aging: An individual differences perspective. In S.M. Hofer & D.F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of cognitive aging: Interdisciplinary perspectives. (pp. 34-49). Greenwich, CT: Sage.

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Hochschild, A. R. (1998). The time bind: When work becomes home and home becomes work. New York, NY: Henry Holt.

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Hoyer, W. J., & Roodin, P. A. (2009). Adult Development and Aging, sixth edition. New York, NY: Mc Graw Hill.

Johnson, B., Stone, G., Altmaier, E., & Berdahl, L. (1998). The relationship of demographic factors, locus of control and self-efficacy to successful nursing home adjustment. The Gerontolocial Society of America, 38, 209-216.

Jorm, A.F., (2000). Does old age reduce the risk of anxiety and depression? A review of epidemiological studies across the adult life span. Psychological Medicine, 11-22.

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Kasser, V., & Ryan., R. (1995). The relation of psychological needs for autonomy and relatedness to vitality, well-being, and mortality in a nursing home. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 935-954.

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Klap, R., Unroe, K.T., Unutzer, J. (2003). Caring for mental illness in the United States: A focus on older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry22 (5), 517-524.

Kretschmer, V., Schmidt, K.H., & Griefahn, B. (2011). Bright light effects on working memory, concentration and sustained attention of elderly night shift workers. Lighting Research and Technology.

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Langeslag, S.J.E. & van Strien, J. W. (2009). Aging and emotional memory. The co-occurence of neurophysiological and behavioral positivity effects. Emotion, 9, 369-377.

Lee, D., Woo, J., & Mackenzie, A. (2001). A review of older people’s experiences with residential care placement. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37(1), 19-27.

Lee, G.E. (2010). Predictors of adjustment to nursing home life of elderly residents: A cross-sectional survery. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(8), 957-964.

Lehrer, J. (2009). How wer decide. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Linnehan, F. (2001). A longitudinal study of work-based, adult-youth mentoring. Journal of Vocational Behavior63, 40-54.

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MacPherson, S.E., Phillips L.H., & Della Sala, S. (2002). Age, executive function, and social decision making: a dorsolateral prefrontal theory of cognitive aging. Psychology of Aging, 17(4), 598-609.

Moody, H. R., & Sasser, J. R. (2015). Aging, 8th edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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