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Billett, Stephen – International Journal of Training Research, 2015
Knowing how adults learn through work is central to understanding their development across working lives. That development is important for their personal trajectories, and ability to contribute, sustain and advance the interests of their workplaces, and collectively to the social and economic viability of their communities and nations. This paper…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Workplace Learning, Adult Development, National Surveys
Wright, Bonnie McLean; Carscaddon, David Mitchell; Lambert, Steven Dennis – Adultspan Journal, 2000
A cross-sectional study of educated men and women showed that cautiousness, as measured by perceived problem-solving ability, does not increase with age. Sex differences were nonsignificant. The results are discussed in terms of R. Schultz and J. Heckhausen's Life Span Model of Successful Aging. (Contains 28 references and 1 table.) (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Counseling

Denney, Nancy Wadsworth; Palmer, Ann M. – Journal of Gerontology, 1981
Studied adults (ages 20-79) presented with two types of problem-solving tasks: a typical task used in problem-solving research, and a task composed of practical daily life problems. Results indicated that developmental function depends on the type of problem presented, while performance on abstract problems may decrease with age. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Hayslip, Bert, Jr.; Sterns, Harvey L. – 1975
One hundred and sixty-two subjects of three age levels were tested to examine the relationship between crystallized and fluid abilities and three problem solving tasks varying in the abstractness/concreteness of their stimuli and emphasis on past experience. These dimensions have been used by Davis to distinguish between Type "O" and Type "C"…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development
Silver, Rawley – 1999
This study examined the cognitive skills and attitudes toward self and others in samples of independent seniors and young men and women. Three proceedings were used to address questions of age or gender differences. Study 1 (N=95) compared the scores of older adults (approximate age range, 64-95 years) on the Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Odom, Richard D.; And Others – 1974
This paper presents a study which indicates that accurate performance on a simple conservation task need not be related to congnitive maturity. Twenty adults and 20 third graders were given three verbal problems, each requiring a same-different judgment and an explanation of that judgment. Only 3 adults were able to give correct judgments, while…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development

Blanchard-Fields, Fredda; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1991
Explores age as a moderator of the relationship among gender, sex role, and coping strategies for 155 males and 281 females in 5 age groups from adolescence through old age. Age is related to type of coping and moderates the relationship between sex role orientation and coping. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences
Macrae, Kristina S. – 1984
The aim of this study was to investigate the strategies leading to test item responses in 60 young (20-25 years) and 60 middle-aged (35-40 years) adults, whose highest level of education had been either secondary, technical or university. Subjects were individually administered a 12 item test similar to Raven's Progressive Matrices, and were…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability
Smith, M. Cecil, Ed.; Pourchot, Thomas, Ed. – 1998
Leading educational psychologists address problems in adult development and learning in this book. "What Does Educational Psychology Know about Adult Learning and Development?" (M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot) is the introduction. "We Learn, Therefore We Develop" (Nira Granott) tackles the problem of distinguishing between…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences