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Developmental regulation in adulthood : age-normative and sociostructural constraints as adaptive challenges

Title
Developmental regulation in adulthood : age-normative and sociostructural constraints as adaptive challenges / Jutta Heckhausen.
Author
Heckhausen, Jutta, 1957-
Publication
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Description
xi, 250 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
The life-span theory of control proposes that control of one's environment is the key to adaptive functioning throughout the life span. The theory identifies the evolutionary roots and the life-span developmental course of human striving to control the environment (primary control) and the self (secondary control). Primary control is directed at producing effects in the external world, while secondary control influences the internal world so as to optimize the motivational resources for primary control. A series of studies illustrate the rich repertoire of the human control system that exists to master developmental challenges in various age periods and developmental ecologies.
Subject
  • Developmental psychology
  • Control (Psychology)
  • Self-control
  • Power, Psychological
  • 77.57 adulthood (psychology)
  • Zelfcontrole
  • Volwassenheid
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-231) and indexes.
Contents
1. Selectivity and failure compensation as fundamental requirements of human behavior and development -- 2. The life course as a context of action -- 3. Primary and secondary control across the life span -- 4. A model of developmental regulation across the life span -- 5. Developmental goals as organizers of developmental regulation -- 6. Developmental regulation in different life-course ecologies -- 7. Social comparisons as prototypical strategies in developmental regulation -- 8. Conclusions and prospects for future research.
ISBN
  • 9780521581448
  • 0521581443
  • 9780521027137
  • 0521027136
  • 9780511527852 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
98006509
OCLC
  • ocm38748946
  • 38748946
  • SCSB-824925
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library