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Peer reviewedSchaie, K. Warner – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1977
Specifications are offered for a stage theory of adult cognitive development. Current psychometric technologies are criticized as being limited in descriptions of cognitive function. The development of novel technologies is suggested for study of adult cognitive development. Paper presented at the 10th International Congress of Gerontology,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Gerontology
Peer reviewedSelzer, S. Claire; Denney, Nancy Wadsworth – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1980
Education, not age per se, is related to conservation ability during the adult years. Age differences should not be interpreted as age changes without using the more appropriate designs which separate age and cohort effects. Results emphasize the relationship between education and cognitive abilities among the elderly. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedFingerman, Karen L.; Perlmutter, Marion – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1994
Examined age differences in self-ratings of present and projected past and future cognitive performance across cognitive domains. Findings from 151 adults in their 20s, 40s, 60s, and 80s revealed that performance on fluid/speeded intelligence, memory, and reasoning tasks followed progression of poorer performance with age. Found age differences in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Stringer-Moore, Donna M. – 1981
Midlife crises require different behavioral responses for women who have made decisions about marriage, motherhood, and career. For women experiencing midlife crises, assertiveness training has the potential to resolve conflicts. Assertiveness training (AT) consists of three components, i.e., skills training, anxiety reduction, and cognitive…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedBillington, Dorothy D. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1990
Men and women (N=60) who had begun doctoral studies between ages of 37 and 48, half in traditional and half in self-directed learning (SDL) programs, completed 2 questionnaires. Significant ego development was found in the nonauthoritarian SDL environments, which were challenging and nurturing and fostered content mastery, skill acquisition, and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Doctoral Programs
Jarvis, Peter – 2001
This book, which incorporates information gathered through research in the United Kingdom and the United States, explores the nature and importance of learning throughout the human life cycle. The following are among the topics examined: (1) learning and third age education (the emergence of education for adults, third age education); (2) learning…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
