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Life-Span Development Cover
Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas

Late Adulthood
Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Chapter Outline

  1. THEORIES OF SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

      Erikson’s Theory

        Peck’s Reworking of Erikson’s Final Stage

        Life Review

      Disengagement Theory

      Activity Theory

      Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

      Selective Optimization with Compensation Theory

  2. OLDER ADULTS IN SOCIETY

      Stereotyping Older Adults

      Policy Issues in an Aging Society

      Income

      Living Arrangements

  3. FAMILIES AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

      The Aging Couple

      Grandparenting

        Satisfaction with Grandparenting

        Grandparenting Roles and Styles

        The Changing Profile of Grandparenting

      Friendship

      Social Support and Social Integration

  4. ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND CULTURE

      Ethnicity and Gender

      Culture

  5. SUCCESSFUL AGING