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Mussen, Paul; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
Research conducted on the same women at age 30 and at age 70 indicated relative stability in all cognitive, most personality, and several personality-social variables measured over the 40-year interval. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Change, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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Merriam, Sharan B.; Heuer, Barbara – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1996
Reviews concepts of meaning making in classical and contemporary writing. Examines models of cognitive and ego development linked with meaning making and draws a model of the relationship of meaning making to adult learning and development. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development, Life Events
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Rybash, John M. – Community Services Catalyst, 1981
Reviews the theoretical assumptions of Kohlberg's cognitive-development analysis of moral reasoning; discusses the construction of moral education programs along Kohlberg's principles; and emphasizes the psychological processes which account for the growth of moral reasoning during adulthood. (Author/AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development, Moral Development
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Schulz, Richard – Journal of Gerontology, 1982
Discusses semantic issues in defining emotions. Describes important constructs derived from major theories of emotionality. Examines social-psychological and biological changes associated with aging in the context of these theories. Reviews available data on emotionality and aging, describing experimental attempts at manipulating the emotional…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Affective Behavior, Aging (Individuals), Biological Influences
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Ramey, David A. – Roeper Review, 1991
Research in the fields of management, leadership development, and human development is reviewed. The research suggests that the quality of an individual's personal life, the effectiveness of his/her professional work, and the lasting public value of his/her social contribution are contingent upon a coherent sense of personal integration and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Gifted, Individual Development
Thomas, Jeanne L. – 1992
This textbook is designed to introduce undergraduates to the scientific study of aging in adults. Among the topics covered in the book's 15 chapters are: approaches to the study of adult development and aging (research methodology and related issues, a life-span perspective, ethical issues); theories in the study of adult development (models of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences