The psychology of ageing: an introduction
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Main Author: Stuart-Hamilton, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006
Edition:4th ed
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-334) and index
Preface -- What is ageing? -- Measuring intellectual change in later life -- Ageing and memory -- Ageing and language -- Ageing, personality and lifestyle -- Mental illness and ageing -- Problems in measuring the psychological status of older people -- What is the future of ageing?
Review of the 3rd edition. 'Ian Stuart-Hamilton's text & hellip;has & hellip;become a & ldquo;classic & rdquo; text in its field ... a very readable and academically accessible introductory textbook & hellip; Stuart-Hamilton's excitement for the potential developments in the area of psychogerontology is perhaps the greatest strength of this textbook. It is likely to engage student interest at undergraduate level and provide a basic platform from which further postgraduate study may progress. For either group, it is unlikely that students will come away from a reading of the text without at least some exc
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (336 pages)
ISBN:1846425018
9781843104261
9781846425011

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