W. Poon / C. Rubin / A. Wilson (eds.)

Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life

Herausgeber: Poon, Leonard W.; Wilson, Barbara C.; Rubin, David C.

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a firm theoretical grounding for the increasing movement of cognitive psychologists, neuropsychologists and their students beyond the laboratory, in an attempt to understand human cognitive abilities as they are manifested in natural contexts. The pros and cons of the laboratory and the real world - the problems of generalizability versus rigor - are thoroughly analyzed, and practical escapes from what has become a false dichotomy are suggested. The authors present relevant data that open up new directions for those studying cognitive aging. Finally, they consider the applications of the new knowledge for clinicians and educators.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 724
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1080g
• ISBN-13: 9780521428606
• ISBN-10: 0521428602
• Artikelnr.: 22169612

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Adult Cognitive Abilities in the Laboratory and in Real-life
Settings: Basic Theoretical and Methodological Issues; 1. Introduction to
Part I: the how, when and why of studying everyday cognition David C.
Rubin; Part IA. Systematic Approaches to Laboratory and Real-world
Research: 2. Representative design and the quality of generalization Lewis
Petrinovich; 3. The myth of external validity Douglas G. Mook; 4.
Functional explanations of memory Darryl Bruce; 5. General systems theory:
a rationale for the study of everyday memory Jan D. Sinnott; Part IB.
Combining Laboratory and Real-world Research: 6. The laboratory and
ecology: supplementary sources of data for memory research Harry P.
Bahrick; 7. Issues of regularity and control: confessions of a regularity
freak David C. Rubin; 8. Finding the bloody horse Alan Baddeley; 9. Some
bad and some good reasons for studying memory and cognition in the wild
Thomas K. Landauer; Part II. Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life: Findings
in Real-life Settings: 10. Introduction to Part II: What do we know about
the aging of cognitive abilities in everyday life? Leonard W. Poon; Part
IIA. Everyday Cognitive Abilities: 11. Memory for prose: perspectives on
the reader Joellen T. Hartley; 12. Prose processing in adulthood: the text,
the reader and the task Bonnie J. F. Meyer and G. Elizabeth Rice; 13.
Speech comprehension and memory through adulthood: the roles of time and
strategy Elizabeth Lotz Stine, Arthur Wingfield and Leonard W. Poon; 14.
The effects of aging on perceived and generated memories Gillian Cohen and
Dorothy Faulkner; 15. Aging and word retrieval: naturalistic, clinical and
laboratory data Nancy L. Bowles, Loraine K. Obler and Leonard W. Poon; 16.
Acquisition and utilization of spatial information by elderly adults:
implications for day-to-day situations Kathleen C. Kirasic; 17. Inner-city
decay? Age changes in structure and process in recall of familiar
topographical information Patrick Rabbitt; 18. The cognitive ecology of
problem solving Alan A. Hartley; 19. Everyday problem solving:
methodological issues, research findings and a model Nancy Wadsworth
Denney; 20. Prospective/intentional memory and aging: memory as adaptive
action Jan D. Sinnott; Part IIB. Concomitant Influences: 21. Motivation and
aging Lawrence C. Perlmuter and Richard A. Monty; 22. Questionnaire
research on metamemory and aging: issues of structure and function Roger A.
Dixon; 23. The importance of awareness in memory aging John C. Cavanaugh;
24. Age and expertise: responding to Talland's challenge Neil Charness; 25.
World-knowledge systems Cameron J. Camp; 26. Comments on aging memory and
its everyday operations Donald H. Kausler; Part III. Cognitive Enhancement
and Aging: Clinical and Educational Applications: 27. Introduction to Part
III: approaches to practical applications Barbara A. Wilson and Leonard W.
Poon; Part IIIA. Issues and Perspectives: 28. Varieties of memory
compensation by older adults in episodic remembering Lars Bäckman; 29.
Improvement with cognitive training: which old dogs learn what tricks?
Sherry L. Willis; Part IIIB. Enhancement Approaches: 30. Planning practical
memory training for the aged Robin L. West; 31. Mnemonics as modified for
use by the elderly Jerome A. Yesavage, Danielle Lapp and Javaid I. Sheikh;
Part IIIC. Designing Programs for Cognitive Rehabilitation: 32. Designing
memory-therapy programs Barbara A. Wilson; 33. Management of memory
problems in a hospital setting Nadina B. Lincoln; 34. Home-based cognitive
rehabilitation with the elderly Nicholas J. Moffat; 35. Memory retraining:
everyday needs and future prospects Herbert F. Crovitz; Indexes.