| Description |
xvii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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1. Cognition, Aging, and Self-Reports: Editors' Introduction / Norbert Schwarz, Denise C. Park and Barbel Knauper [et al.] -- 2. Self-Reports of Behaviors and Opinions: Cognitive and Communicative Processes / Norbert Schwarz -- 3. Cognitive Aging, Processing Resources, and Self-Report / Denise C. Park -- 4. The Concept of Gains in Cognitive Aging / Roger A. Dixon -- 5. Memory, Aging, and Survey Measurement / Fergus I. M. Craik -- 6. Aging, Circadian Arousal Patterns, and Cognition / Carolyn Yoon, Cynthia P. May and Lynn Hasher -- 7. Metamemory as Social Cognition: Challenges for (and from) Survey Research / John C. Cavanaugh -- 8. Autobiographical Memory and Aging: Distributions of Memories Across the Life-Span and Their Implications for Survey Research / David C. Rubin -- 9. Pressing Issues in Cognitive Aging / Timothy A. Salthouse -- 10. Comprehending Spoken Questions: Effects of Cognitive and Sensory Change in Adult Aging / Arthur Wingfield |
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11. Aging and Message Production and Comprehension / Susan Kemper and Karen Kemtes -- 12. Intergenerational Communication: The Survey Interview as a Social Exchange / Sheree T. Kwong See and Ellen Bouchard Ryan -- 13. Asking Survey Respondents About Health Status: Judgment and Response Issues / Susan Schechter, Paul Beatty and Gordon B. Willis -- 14. Cognitive Testing of Cognitive Functioning Questions / Diane O'Rourke, Seymour Sudman and Timothy Johnson [et al.] -- 15. Dynamics of Survey Interviewing and the Quality of Survey Reports: Age Comparisons / Robert F. Belli, Paul S. Weiss and James M. Lepkowski -- 16. Cognitive Performance Measures in Survey Research on Older Adults / A. Regula Herzog and Willard L. Rodgers -- 17. Age Differences in Question and Response Order Effects / Barbel Knauper -- 18. Aging and Errors of Measurement: Implications for the Study of Life-Span Development / Duane F. Alwin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cognition in old age -- United States.
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Cognition -- Age factors -- United States.
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Memory in old age -- United States.
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Memory -- Age factors -- United States.
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Older people -- Self-rating of -- United States.
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Social surveys -- United States.
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Cognition.
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Age Factors.
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Aged.
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Data Collection -- methods.
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Data Collection.
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Memory.
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Personality Inventory.
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Research.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Schwarz, Norbert, 1953-
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| LC no. |
98019790 |
| ISBN |
1560327804 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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