coverage of Identity Versus Role Confusion
Lives in Context: Internet Dating updated
Updated and expanded coverage of Friendship and Mate Selection
New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Your Brain on Love
Updated coverage of Intimate Partner Violence
Updated coverage of Singlehood, Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Marriage
Updated and reorganized coverage of the transition to marriage and marital success in Marriage
Updated Ethical and Policy Applications of Life Span Development: Same-Sex Marriage and the Law and retitled as Applying Developmental Science: The Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
Updated and streamlined Divorce, integrating Predicting Divorce and Consequences of Divorce
Updated Becoming a Parent, Never-Married Single Parent, Same-Sex Parents, and Childlessness
New coverage of Stepparents
Chapter 15
Updated and reorganized coverage of Theories of Aging, moved from Chapter 13
Updated and organized coverage of Reproductive Aging
Updated Cultural Influences on Development: Cultural Perspectives on Menopause
Reorganized Health in Middle Adulthood to include Common Illnesses, Stress, and Hardiness and Health
New coverage of Sexual Activity
Updated Appling Developmental Science: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Updated coverage of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence and Intelligence Over the Adult Years
New Lives in Context feature on The Flynn Effect: Context and IQ
Updated coverage of Attention, Memory, and Processing Speed
New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Sleep as a Brain Cleanser
Updated and streamlined coverage of Expertise
Chapter 16
Updated coverage of Erikson’s Generativity Versus Stagnation and the Midlife Crisis
Reorganized and streamlined coverage of Levinson’s Seasons of Life
New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Mindfulness Meditation and the Brain
Updated Self-Concept, expanded coverage of Subjective Age and Possible Selves
Updated and expanded coverage of Gender Identity in Middle Adulthood
Updated and reorganized coverage of Personality in Middle Adulthood
Updated and streamlined coverage of Friendships
Updated and combined coverage of Marriage and Divorce into one comprehensive section
Expanded coverage of Parent–Child Relationships into two sections: Parents to Adult Children and Parents to Infants and Young Children
Updated Grandparenthood and Lives in Context: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Updated coverage of Caring for Aging Parents
Updated coverage of Job Satisfaction
New coverage of Planning for Retirement
Chapter 17
Integrated material from Life Expectancy into Health in Late Adulthood
Updated and expanded coverage of Brain Aging (was titled Nervous System)
New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Aerobic Exercise and the Brain
Reorganized material on sensory changes into The Senses, with updated coverage of Vision and Hearing
New coverage of Smell and Taste
Updated coverage of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Immune Systems
New coverage of Motor Aging
Health and Disability in Late Adulthood retitled as Health in Late Adulthood
Updated coverage of Nutrition and Exercise
Updated coverage of Osteoporosis and moved from Chapter 15
Updated coverage of Falls
Updated coverage of Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Parkinson’s Disease
New Cultural Influences on Development: Ethnicity and Alzheimer’s Disease
New coverage of Lewy Body Dementia
Updated and retitled Reversible Dementia as Delirium
Reorganized Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood to include new coverage of Attention and expanded Working Memory to include Context, Task Demands, and Memory Performance and Emotion and Working Memory
Updated coverage of Age-Related Changes in Language and retitled as Aging and Language
Revised coverage of Problem Solving and Wisdom
Updated coverage of Cognitive Changes and revised to Influence on Cognitive Change in Adulthood
Chapter 18
Updated coverage of Subjective Age and Reminiscence and Life Review
New Cultural Influences on Development: Cultural Attitudes Toward Older Adults
Updated coverage of Personality and Religiosity and to The Self in Late Adulthood
Reorganized and updated Late Adulthood and Social Contexts to include Social Support in Older Adulthood, Aging in the Social World, Neighborhoods, Residential Communities, Nursing Homes, and Aging in Place
Updated and retitled Residing at Home as Aging in Place
Updated coverage of Friendships and Sibling Relationships
Updated and integrated coverage of Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation
