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Kramer, Deirdre A. – Educational Gerontology, 1986
Argues that cognition must be understood in context of real-life adaptation, making social cognition an important area of investigation. Advocates unified theoretical approach to encompass child and adult social-cognitive development and presents life-span model synthesizing work from child and adult social-cognitive literatures. Presents seven…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Cognitive Development

Blanchard-Fields, Fredda – Educational Gerontology, 1986
Discusses adaptive cognitive changes in adulthood from perspectives of adult cognitive development and social cognition theory. Proposes interface between the two disciplines. Applies post-formal literature on cognitive development to area of attributional processes. Discusses implications changes in attributional processes may have for cognitive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Attribution Theory

Smith, M. Cecil; And Others – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1994
Examined age- and skill-related differences among adult Bingo players, aged 19 to 74, who had from less that 2 months to over 20 years of playing experience. Subjects completed psychometric, cognitive, and experimental measures. Found no age-related differences on psychometric or memory measures, suggesting that Bingo playing experience may have…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences

Bart, William M. – 1977
The Piagetian perspective of adult cognitive development and adult education could have implications for how work and formal reasoning can be related to adult education programs and policy. During adolescence and adulthood, many individuals enter the cognitive period of formal operations (the last of three stages in Piaget's conceptual framework…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults