A book concerning the psychological aspects of adulthood and aging is reviewed. (DB)

Discusses age differences in public attitudes toward public schools from recent Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll. For example, the biggest problem facing schools identified by those 50 and older is discipline, whereas those between 18 and 29 identified finance. Both age groups strongly support public schools. (PKP)

In this article, the author focuses on three major generational groups in the US: Baby Boomers (born between 1943 and 1960), Generation Xers (born between 1961 and 1981), and Millennials (born between 1982 and 2003), examining what the preferences of each group are for continuing higher education and how market research can be employed, by…

Previous research has suggested that the understanding of modesty--downplaying one's achievements to evoke a positive social evaluation--develops in the primary school years. However, very little is known about how children's understanding of modesty is associated with social contextual factors, such as audience type. A sample of 92 children aged…

Two experiments with 3 1/2- to 6 1/2-year-old children showed that theory-of-mind development is associated with the growth of episodic memory. Episodic memory was assessed by manipulating informational conditions such that they permit or prevent the formation of episodic memories in terms of re-experiencing the recalled event. Only experienced…

Reviewed are the theoretical and heuristic values of age structures, the issue of industrial versus occupational age structures, the statistical methods of representing them, and the major studies using them. Ways in which occupational age structures can be used are enumerated. A three-page bibliography is included. (Author/AG)

Recent research in the psychology of human aging has raised a number of questions about the functions and content of adult education. (EB)

In clinical work with adolescents there is a stark similarity between what they experience and the concepts of existentialism. However, surprisingly very little has been written in terms of how the concepts of existentialism can or should be applied to this age group. Rather, existentialism seems to be a concept reserved for its application to the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine Generation Y, potential graduate entrants to UK retailing, in respect of their job experiences, career perceptions and initial employment expectations. Design/methodology/approach: Utilising qualitative research methods, an exploratory study was undertaken with 33 students (all of whom fell into the…

The goal of this study was to examine incidental and intentional spatial sequence learning during middle childhood and adolescence. We tested four age groups (8-10 years, 11-13 years, 14-17 years, and young adults [18+ years]) on a serial reaction time task and used manual and oculomotor measures to examine incidental sequence learning.…

THIS NOTE EXAMINES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AS A SOCIAL INDICATOR AND SUGGESTS A METHODOLOGY FOR DEALING WITH THE INHERENT PROBLEMS. THREE MEASURES OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ARE CONSIDERED FOR THE MODEL--ACCUMULATED EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (AEA), CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (CEA), AND AGGREGATE EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY. THE CEA MEASURE IS USED. THE…

Three measures--physiological, behavioral, and phenomenological in nature--were used to register inexperienced springboard divers' perceptions of stress when faced with the execution of a forward dive from three standard heights; pool deck, one-meter and three-meter springboards. Forty-eight subjects were divided into four groups representing…

A study at St. Petersburg Junior College showed that adult students in general earned better grades than college age students and that heterogeneous grouping of students does not have a bad effect on adults. (SE)