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Peer reviewedFales, Ann W. – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Formulates a model for viewing the transitions and losses of the aging process as opportunities for growth and self-enhancement. Reviews major categories of social-psychological transition events. Summarizes social-psychological resources that aging individuals bring to these events and discusses three processes of adaptation to transition…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Change
Peer reviewedCantor, Nancy – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses a cognitive perspective on personality, focusing on how dispositions are cognitively expressed and maintained in social interaction. Shows how individuals interpret life tasks in light of their most accessible schemas, envisaging alternative future selves, and devising cognitive strategies to guide behavior. Discusses adaptiveness of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Daily Living Skills
