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Developmental Influences on Adult Intelligence - The Seattle Longitudinal Study (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Developmental Influences on Adult Intelligence - The Seattle Longitudinal Study (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Adult cognitive development is one of the most important yet most
neglected aspects in the study of human psychology. Although the
development of cognition and intelligence during childhood and
adolescence is of great interest to researchers, educators, and
parents, many assume that this development stops progressing in any
significant manner when people reach adulthood. In fact, cognition
and intelligence do continue to progress in very significant ways.
In this second edition of Developmental Influences on Adult
Intelligence, K. Warner Schaie presents the history, latest data,
and results from the Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS). The purpose
of the SLS is to study various aspects of psychological development
during the adult years. Initiated in 1956 and focusing on a random
sample of 500 adults ranging in age from 25 to 95 years old, the
SLS is organized around five questions: Does intelligence change
uniformly throughout adulthood, or are there different
life-course-ability patterns? At what age and at what magnitude can
decrement in ability be reliably detected? What are the patterns
and magnitude of generational differences? What accounts for
individual differences in age-related change in adulthood? Can the
intellectual decline that increases with age be reversed by
educational intervention? The first edition of the book provided an
account of the SLS through the 1998 (seventh wave) data collection
and of the associated family study through the 1996 (second wave)
data collection. Since that time, Schaie and his collaborators have
conducted several additional data collections. These include a
further longitudinal follow-up in 2005/06, a longitudinal follow-up
and 3rd data collection for the family study in 2003/04, and
acquisition of a 3rd generation sample in 2002. Hence, virtually
all of the content from the first edition has been updated and
expanded, and three new chapters are included on Health Behaviors
and Intellectual Functioning, Biological Influences on Cognitive
Change, and Prediction of Individual Cognitive Decline. This new
edition is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners
specializing in adult development, aging, and adult education, as
well as students and faculty in developmental, cognitive, and
social psychology, psychiatry, nursing, social work, and the social
sciences interested in issues of human aging.
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