Handbook of Adult Development

Preface; J. Demick, C. Andreoletti. Introduction; J. Demick, C. Andreoletti. 1. Theory in adult development: The new paradigm and the problem of direction; J. Stevens-Long, G. Michaud. 2. Developmental change in adulthood; D. Moshman. 3. Adult development: The holistic, developmental, sytems-oriented perspective; S. Wapner, J. Demick. 4. Postformal thought and adult development: Living in balance; J.D. Sinnott. 5. Four postformal stages; M. Commons, F.A. Richards. 6. Research methods in adult development; J.C. Cavanaugh, S. Krauss, Whitbourne. 7. Learning in adulthood; W.J. Hoyer, D.R. Touron. 8. Multiple perspectives on the development of adult intelligence; C.A. Berg, R.J. Sternberg. 9. Age related changes in memory; M.G. O'Connor, E.F. Kaplan. 10. The ontogeny of wisdom in its variations; D. Kramer. 11. Psychological approaches to wisdom and its development; D.J. Shedlock, S.W. Cornelius. 12. Practical wisdom: Applied adult development; P. Arlin, B. Yan. 13. Developmental trajectories and creative work in late life; L. Tahir, H.E. Gruber. 14. The development of possible selves in adulthood; J. Bybee, Y.V. Wells. 15. Gender differences in intellectual and moral development? The evidence that refutes the claim; M.M. Brabeck, E.L. Shore. 16. The good life: Longitudinal study of adult value reasoning; C. Armon, T.L. Dawson. 17. Moral metacognition in adolescence and adulthood; D.W. Schrader. 18. Reflective thinking in adulthood: Emergence, development, and variation; K.W. Fischer, E. Pruyne. 19. Protest, collaboration and creation of alternative models: Women's health activists using the internet; A. LoCicero. 20. Attachment theory and research: Contributions for understanding late adolescent and young adult development; M.E. Kenny, C.E. Baron. 21. Adult development and parenthood: A social cognitive perspective; S.T. Azar. 22. Superwomen raising superdaughters: Whatever happened to Black girlhood? Y.V. Wells. 23. Revisions: Processes of development in midlife women;

"Few volumes of this type attend to theoretical and methodological issues as well as do the contributors to this volume, but this attention does not mean that they ignore issues of practice. Researchers and clinicians in gerontology and in the larger field of developmental psychology will find this volume an invaluable resouce for years to come." -- Choice (March 2004)