Aging Concepts And Controversies 8th Edition Moody Test Bank

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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1452275882
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1452275888
  • Author: Harry R. MoodyJennifer R. Sasser 

Presenting current research in an innovative formatHarry Moody and Jennifer Sasser’s Aging: Concepts and Controversies encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues that we face as a society. Using their extensive expertise, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the issues in the Concepts sections and current research in the Controversy sections, demonstrating the close links between concepts and controversies in these broad areas of aging: health care, socioeconomic trends, and the life course.

Table of contents:

PrefacePrologueAbout the AuthorsBasic Concepts

I. A Life Course Perspective on Aging Age Identification The Stages of Life The Life Course and Aging Traditional Theories of Aging Influences on the Life Course Aging in the 21st Century The Biology of Aging Mechanisms of Physical Aging Aging and Psychological Functioning ConclusionControversy

1. Does Old Age Have Meaning? The Meaning of Age Leisure Activities in Later Life Religion and Spirituality Gerontology and the Meaning of Age Activity or Reflection? Reading 1: The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir Reading 2: Vital Involvement in Old Age, Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson, and Helen Q. Kivnick Reading 3: Successful Aging, John Rowe and Robert Kahn Reading 4: The Measure of My Days, Florida Scott-MaxwellControversy

2. Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old? The Process of Biological Aging Biological Theories of Aging Is Aging Inevitable? Ways to Prolong the Life Span Compression or Prolongation of Morbidity? Reading 5: Why Do We Live as Long as We Do? Leonard Hayflick Reading 6: Vitality and Aging, James F. Fries and Lawrence Crapo Reading 7: The Compression of Morbidity Hypothesis, Vincent Mor Reading 8: Health Trends in the Elderly Population, Marti G. Parker and Mats Thorslund Reading 9: We Will Be Able to Live to 1,000, Aubrey de Grey Reading 10: Don’t Fall for the Cult of Immortality, S. Jay OlshanskyControversy

3. Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline With Age? Elements of Cognitive Function The Classic Aging Pattern Measures of Late-Life Intelligence Studies of Age and Cognitive Function Correlates of Cognitive Stability Creativity in an Aging Population Reading 11: Age and Achievement, Harvey Lehman Reading 12: Age and Achievement, Wayne Dennis

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