Developmental Psychology For The Health Care Professions: Part 2 Adulthood and Aging

by Howard S. Feldman

Overview

This book presents specific research findings in developmental psychology, sociology, and health care psychology that are especially relevant to the health care professional. It explains the developmental process from prenatal and infancy stages through adolescence. .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367165154
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2020
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Katherine A. Billingham is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Science, Rush University, and assistant scientist on the medical staff at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures xi

1 A Developmental Perspective on Adulthood 1

Introduction 1

Life-Cycle Theories 2

Research on Stages of Adulthood 6

Methodology 9

Physiological and Psychological Development in Young and Middle Adulthood 11

Transitions: Coping and Adaptation 20

Summary and Conclusions 24

2 Young Adulthood: Ages 25 Through 40 25

Developmental Periods 25

Family Life 29

Work 41

Health Care 47

Summary and Conclusions 50

3 Middle Adulthood: Ages 40 Through 65 53

Midlife Crisis or Transition 53

Family 56

Work 63

Leisure 66

Mental Health 68

Physical Health 70

Summary and Conclusions 73

4 Health and Aging 75

Description of the Elderly Population 76

Attitudes Toward Older Adults 78

Training in Gerontology and Geriatrics 79

Physical Health and Aging 80

Mental Health and Aging 90

Summary and Conclusions 98

5 Cognitive Processes in Later Adulthood 99

Sensation and Perception 99

Learning 103

Memory 107

Speed of Behavior 110

Intelligence 113

Problem-Solving 116

Summary and Conclusions 118

6 Psychosocial Aspects of Later Adulthood 119

Personality in Later Adulthood 119

Coping with and Adaptation to Aging 121

Retirement 123

The Family in Later Adulthood 125

Death: The Patient and the Family 127

Summary and Conclusions 132

Bibliography 135

Index 150