Developmental influences on adult intelligence : the Seattle longitudinal study /
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| Author / Creator: | Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928- |
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| Edition: | [Update]. |
| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | x, 496 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6119898 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction and Preview
- Origin of the Seattle Longitudinal Study
- Some Caveats
- Why Study Intelligence in Adulthood?
- A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Adult Intellectual Development
- History of the Seattle Longitudinal Study
- Objectives of the Seattle Longitudinal Study
- Plan for the Volume
- Chapter Summary
- 2. Methodological Issues
- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data
- Threats to the Internal and External Validity of Developmental Studies
- Structural Equivalence
- The Differentiation-Dedifferentiation Hypothesis
- The Role of Postdiction in Longitudinal Studies
- Chapter Summary
- 3. The Database
- The Participant Population
- Characteristics of the Base Population
- The Measurement Battery
- Chapter Summary
- 4. Cross-Sectional Studies
- The Pilot Studies
- The 1956 Baseline Study
- Cross-Sectional Replications
- Practical Intelligence Data
- Chapter Summary
- 5. Longitudinal Studies
- Basic Cognitive Data
- Expanded Cognitive Data
- Practical Intelligence Data
- Cognitive Style Data
- Chapter Summary
- 6. Studies of Cohort and Period Differences
- Studies of Cohort Differences
- Studies of Period (Time-of-Measurement) Differences
- Interpretation and Application of Period Effect Estimates
- Chapter Summary
- 7. Intervention Studies
- Remediation Versus New Learning
- The 1983-1984 Cognitive Training Study
- Replication of Cognitive Training Effects
- Maintenance of Training
- The Role of Strategy Use in Training Success
- Chapter Summary
- 8. Methodological Studies
- Changing From Sampling Without Replacement to Sampling With Replacement (1974 Collateral Study)
- The Aging of Tests (1975 Study)
- Effects of Monetary Incentives
- Effects of Experimental Mortality: The Problem of Participant Attrition
- Effects of Practice in Repeated Testing
- Controlling for Effects of Attrition and Practice by an Independent Random Sampling Design
- Structural Equivalence
- Chapter Summary
- 9. The Relationship Between Cognitive Styles and Intellectual Functioning
- Does Flexibility-Rigidity Represent an Independent Domain?
- Does Rigidity-Flexibility Affect the Maintenance of Intellectual Abilities Into Old Age?
- Relationships Between the Latent Ability Constructs and the Cognitive Style Measures
- Chapter Summary
- 10. Health and Maintenance of Intellectual Functioning
- The Analysis of Health Histories
- Age and Health Histories
- Diseases That Affect Maintenance of Cognitive Functioning
- More Comprehensive Analyses of the Effects of Disease on Cognition
- The Study of Health Behaviors
- Intellectual Functioning as a Predictor of Physical Health
- Effects of Social Support on Illness
- Effects of Cognition on Medication Use
- Cognitive Decline and the Prediction of Mortality
- Chapter Summary
- 11. Lifestyle Variables That Affect Intellectual Functioning
- Lifestyle Characteristics and Cognitive Functioning: Initial Analyses
- Lifestyle Characteristics and Cognitive Functioning: More Recent Analyses
- Family Similarity in Lifestyle Characteristics
- Effects of Work Characteristics and Retirement Status on Cognitive Functioning
- Chapter Summary
- 12. The Sequential Study of Personality Traits and Attitudes
- Social Responsibility
- Other Personality Traits
- The NEO Personality Inventory
- Depression in Old Age
- Chapter Summary
- 13. Influences of Personality on Cognition
- Studying the Relation Between Personality and Cognition
- Concurrent Relationships
- Longitudinal Relationships
- Chapter Summary
- 14. Family Studies of Intellectual Abilities in Adulthood
- Married Couples
- Relevance of the Seattle Longitudinal Study to Developmental Behavior Genetics
- Parents and Adult Offspring
- Adult Siblings
- Chapter Summary
- 15. Subjective Perceptions of Cognitive Change
- Perception of Cognitive Change Over Seven Years
- Stability of Congruence Types
- Perception of Short-Term Cognitive Change and of Training Effects
- Chapter Summary
- 16. Influences of Family Environment on Cognition
- The Measurement of Family Environments
- Influences of Family Environment on Cognition
- Chapter Summary
- 17. The Role of Longitudinal Studies in the Early Detection of Dementia
- Genetic Markers of Dementia
- Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia in a Community-Dwelling Sample
- Projecting the CERAD Battery Into the Primary Mental Abilities Construct Space
- The Postdiction of Neuropsychology Measures From the Primary Mental Ability Scores
- Predicting Risk of Dementia From Young Adulthood and Middle Age Primary Mental Ability Assessments
- Chapter Summary
- 18. Summary and Conclusions
- The Course of Adult Intellectual Development
- Methodological Advances in the Seattle Longitudinal Study
- Family Similarity in Adult Intellectual Development
- The Role of Personality and Lifestyle Characteristics
- Early Detection of Risk for Dementia
- Relationship of the Empirical Data to the Conceptual Model
- What We Still Need to Learn
- Some Final Words
- Appendix
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
