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On being old : the psychology of later life / Graham Stokes.

By: Stokes, Graham.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Contemporary psychology series (London, England): 6.Publisher: London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1992Description: xii, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1850008396 ; 185000840X.Subject(s): Older people -- Psychology | Aging -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 155.67
Contents:
Part one: Age and ageing -- An ageing society -- The biology of ageing -- The psychology of ageing -- Social age and social ageing -- Part two: Psychological products and processes -- Intellectual products in old age -- Cognitive processes in later life -- Learning and memory -- Wisdom, creative achievement and ageing -- Part three: social adaptation in old age -- Personality, adjustment and ageing -- Family ties and friendships in later life -- The meaning of work, the impact of retirement -- Sexual interest and activity in later life -- Death, dying and bereavement -- Part four: Abnormal ageing -- Dementia - the silent epidemic -- Emotional disorder and physical disability in later life.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 155.67 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00010072
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 155.67 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00010073
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First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-190) and index.

Part one: Age and ageing -- An ageing society -- The biology of ageing -- The psychology of ageing -- Social age and social ageing -- Part two: Psychological products and processes -- Intellectual products in old age -- Cognitive processes in later life -- Learning and memory -- Wisdom, creative achievement and ageing -- Part three: social adaptation in old age -- Personality, adjustment and ageing -- Family ties and friendships in later life -- The meaning of work, the impact of retirement -- Sexual interest and activity in later life -- Death, dying and bereavement -- Part four: Abnormal ageing -- Dementia - the silent epidemic -- Emotional disorder and physical disability in later life.

CIT Module SOCI 7008 - Supplementary reading