Communication and the Aging Process: Interaction throughout the Life Cycle focuses on the process of development from infancy through old age, particularly noting the value of communication, social interaction, and social networks.
The manuscript first offers information on development throughout the life cycle, as well as models of development, crisis and change, and methodology. The text then discusses communicative interaction and origins of communication, including interpersonal cognition, social interaction, caretaker-child interaction, communication between children, and language development.
The book surveys adolescence and adulthood, psychological characteristics of the aged, and social world of the aged. Personality and morale, retirement and widowhood, attitudes toward the aged, and norms and rules are discussed. The manuscript also takes a look at the social networks of the aged and communicative interaction and the aged. Concerns include family, neighbors, friends, misperceptions between generations, and thought process and communication.
The text is a vital source of data for readers interested in the study of life cycle.

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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Development Throughout the Life Cycle
Models of Development
The Life Cycle
Crisis and Change
Methodology
A Note on Sex Differences and the Life Cycle
A Note on Socialization and the Life Cycle
Chapter 2 Communicative Interaction
Interpersonal Cognition
Social Interaction
Communication
Chapter 3 Origins of Communication
Caretaker-Child Interaction
Language Development
A Note on Baby Talk
Egocentrism
Communication Between Children
Chapter 4 An Overview of Adolescence and Adulthood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Chapter 5 Psychological Characteristics of the Aged
Who are the Aged?
Biology
Cognition
Personality and Morale
Chapter 6 The Social World of the Aged
Attitudes Toward the Aged
Norms and Roles
The Environment
Retirement and Widowhood
Chapter 7 The Social Networks of the Aged
Family
Neighbors
Friends
The Mass Media
Chapter 8 Communicative Interaction and the Aged
Chapter 9 A Final Note: Communication Throughout the Life Cycle
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Author