James E Birren
Biographic Data
| ID | 126637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James E Birren |
| GIVEN NAMES | James E |
| FAMILY NAME | Birren |
| SIGNATURE | BIRREN J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1944 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Contents, Vol. 21, 1978
Variables Affecting Creative Contributions across the Adult Life Span
The purpose of this study was to explore possible explanations of the decline in old age of highly creative contributions. This present study examined whether two explanations were more important than decrements in intelligence. These were (1) decrements in specific divergent thinking abilities and (2) a decline in preference for complexity. Specific creative abilities (divergent thinking) were measured by Guilford tests of redefinition, original…
Age and Sex Differences in Satisfying Love Relationships across the Adult Life Span
The purpose of this research was to identify age and sex differences in the major characteristics of satisfying heterosexual love relationships. 102 happily married young, middle-aged, and older couples completed a 108-statement Q-sort of love experiences. Scores were determined for six components of love: Emotional security, Respect, Help and play behaviors, Communication, Sexual intimacy and Loyalty. Statistical analyses showed that older lover…
Progress in Research on Aging in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
A biobehavioral view of research on aging is suggested, according to which behavior depends upon the limits set by genetic heritage, the modifications and reinforcements of physical and social environments, and the self-concept achieved through the integration of past-life experiences. Cognitive and social behaviors in later adulthood may have resulted from forces of selection, e.g., counterpart theory (biologically based later-life changes are a…
Introductory Remarks
Are There Sex Differences in Creativity across the Adult Life Span
The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences of young, middle-aged, and older adults in creative problem solving and preference for complexity of visual figures and to explore the part degree of sex role identification might play in this relationship. 111 teachers, aged 20–83 years, took a battery of seven creativity tests, two intelligence measures, and the masculinity-femininity scale of the MMPI. Sex differences were found on only …
The Contributions of Klaus F. Riegel (1925–1977)
This memorial symposium, originally presented at the 1977 convention of the American Psychological Association, is an overview of the contributions of Klaus F. Riegel to the field of developmental psychology. Hardesty and Baltes provide an introduction and a personal view. Birren reflects upon Riegel’s early career and the basis for his interest in dialectics. Freedle reviews Riegel’s interests in the study of language, extending this to pidgin l…
Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups
The Projects of Life Reflected in Autobiographies of Old Age
The present investigation was based on the analysis of twenty respondents, ten men and ten women, all retired. The written texts were obtained from the archives of one of the authors who gathered autobiographies using a guided method of assigned topics of life. The main objective for this analysis was to find those central life goals and dominant activities around which the projects of life were formed. Sorting of life projects was done according…
Emergent theories of aging
Aging in America
Aging in America
Concepts and criteria of mental health and aging
Concepts of mental health have evolved for the most part from considerations of childhood and young adulthood. The second half of life has received little attention in theory, research, and service. Increased attention to aging on the part of the behavioral sciences is seen likely as advocacy and numbers of older people continue to increase
Age Changes in the Factor Structure of Intellectual Abilities in Adulthood and Old Age
Age and male erectile responsiveness
Age changes in human abilities
Aging
Aging: Past and future - J E Birren and D S Woodruff Part One: Social science perspectives. Demography of the aged - M Beard Deming and N E Cutler Ethnic minority aging - S Y Moriwaki and F S Kobata Sociological perspectives on aging - V L Bengston and D Haber Aging and the family - J Treas Part Two: Behavioral science perspectives. Personality and aging - J Neiswender Reedy Age changes in adult intelligence - K Warner Schaie Age differences in l…
Translations in gerontology
Age changes and cohort difference in personality
Toward an experimental psychology of aging
Aging, brain damage, and psychomotor slowing
The Psychology of Aging
Handbook of Ageing and the Individual
Handbook of Aging and the Individual
Handbook of Aging and the Individual
Age changes and cohort difference in personality
Translations in gerontology
Psychological examinations of children who later became psychotic
A follow-up of cases tested in the Chicago Bureau of Child Study shows no promise of predicting later psychosis from the usual clinical tests of problem children. Among the prepsychotics, however, the preschizophrenics tended to be the more intelligent, though the more apathetic, in the childhood examinations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Age and male erectile responsiveness
Toward an experimental psychology of aging
Handbook of Ageing and the Individual
The Projects of Life Reflected in Autobiographies of Old Age
The present investigation was based on the analysis of twenty respondents, ten men and ten women, all retired. The written texts were obtained from the archives of one of the authors who gathered autobiographies using a guided method of assigned topics of life. The main objective for this analysis was to find those central life goals and dominant activities around which the projects of life were formed. Sorting of life projects was done according…
Age changes in human abilities
Boeing, E. G
Psychological examinations of children who later became psychotic
A follow-up of cases tested in the Chicago Bureau of Child Study shows no promise of predicting later psychosis from the usual clinical tests of problem children. Among the prepsychotics, however, the preschizophrenics tended to be the more intelligent, though the more apathetic, in the childhood examinations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Accuracy of age statements by the elderly
Why study aging
Handbook of Aging and the Individual
Handbook of Ageing and the Individual
Handbook of Aging and the Individual
The Psychology of Aging
Toward an experimental psychology of aging
Aging, brain damage, and psychomotor slowing
Age changes and cohort difference in personality
Translations in gerontology
Age changes in human abilities
Aging
Aging: Past and future - J E Birren and D S Woodruff Part One: Social science perspectives. Demography of the aged - M Beard Deming and N E Cutler Ethnic minority aging - S Y Moriwaki and F S Kobata Sociological perspectives on aging - V L Bengston and D Haber Aging and the family - J Treas Part Two: Behavioral science perspectives. Personality and aging - J Neiswender Reedy Age changes in adult intelligence - K Warner Schaie Age differences in l…
Age and male erectile responsiveness
Age Changes in the Factor Structure of Intellectual Abilities in Adulthood and Old Age
Concepts and criteria of mental health and aging
Concepts of mental health have evolved for the most part from considerations of childhood and young adulthood. The second half of life has received little attention in theory, research, and service. Increased attention to aging on the part of the behavioral sciences is seen likely as advocacy and numbers of older people continue to increase
Aging in America
Aging in America
Emergent theories of aging
The Projects of Life Reflected in Autobiographies of Old Age
The present investigation was based on the analysis of twenty respondents, ten men and ten women, all retired. The written texts were obtained from the archives of one of the authors who gathered autobiographies using a guided method of assigned topics of life. The main objective for this analysis was to find those central life goals and dominant activities around which the projects of life were formed. Sorting of life projects was done according…
Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups
Contents, Vol. 21, 1978
Variables Affecting Creative Contributions across the Adult Life Span
The purpose of this study was to explore possible explanations of the decline in old age of highly creative contributions. This present study examined whether two explanations were more important than decrements in intelligence. These were (1) decrements in specific divergent thinking abilities and (2) a decline in preference for complexity. Specific creative abilities (divergent thinking) were measured by Guilford tests of redefinition, original…
Age and Sex Differences in Satisfying Love Relationships across the Adult Life Span
The purpose of this research was to identify age and sex differences in the major characteristics of satisfying heterosexual love relationships. 102 happily married young, middle-aged, and older couples completed a 108-statement Q-sort of love experiences. Scores were determined for six components of love: Emotional security, Respect, Help and play behaviors, Communication, Sexual intimacy and Loyalty. Statistical analyses showed that older lover…
Psychology (28 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (14 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Personality (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works)