CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 1,281Aging and Gerontology ResearchCognitive Abilities and TestingPsychology of Development and Education

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 227 of the 227 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY: Theory and Application to Intellectual Functioning

Open access
Baltes, Paul B., Staudinger, Ursula M., Lindenberger, Ulman·1999·Annual Review of Psychology
DOI 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.471
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

▪ Abstract The focus of this review is on theory and research of lifespan (lifespan developmental) psychology. The theoretical analysis integrates evolutionary and ontogenetic perspectives on cultural and human development across several levels of analysis. Specific predictions are advanced dealing with the general architecture of lifespan ontogeny, including its directionality and age-differential allocation of developmental resources into the three major goals of developmental adaptation: growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss. Consistent with this general lifespan architecture, a meta-theory of development is outlined that is based on the orchestrated and adaptive interplay between three processes of behavioral regulation: selection, optimization, and compensation. Finally, these propositions and predictions about the general nature of lifespan development are examined and supported by empirical evidence on the development of cognition and intelligence across the life span.

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.471

Cites

227 of 227 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Citations

Cites

Show all 227 references

Research works printed but not linked: 51

  1. Alexander C, 1990, Beyond Formal Operations: Alternative Endpoints to Human Development.
  2. 10.1080/027249896392784 · DOI · Paper page
  3. 10.1037//0012-1649.23.5.611 · DOI · Paper page
  4. 10.1037//0003-066X.52.4.366 · DOI · Paper page
  5. Baltes PB, 1979, Life-Span Development and Behavior,
  6. 10.1037//0012-1649.28.1.121 · DOI · Paper page
  7. 10.1037//0882-7974.12.1.12 · DOI
  8. 10.1037//0882-7974.10.2.155 · DOI
  9. Berg CA. 1996. Practical intelligence and problem solving: searching for perspectives. SeeBlanchard-Fields & Hess 1996, pp. 323–57
  10. Bosman EA, Charness N. 1996. Age-related differences in skilled performance and skill acquisition. SeeBlanchard-Fields & Hess 1996, pp. 428–53
  11. Brim OGJr , Kagan J. 1980. Constancy and change: a view of the issues. In Constancy and Change in Human Development , ed. OG. Brim Jr, J Kagan, pp. 1–25. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press
  12. 10.1037//0012-1649.26.5.759 · DOI
  13. Edelman GM, Tononi G. 1996. Selection and development: the brain as a complex system. In The Life-span Development of Individuals: Behavioral, Neurobiological, and Psychosocial Perspectives , ed. D Magnusson, pp. 179–204. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press
  14. Erikson EH, 1959, Identity and the Life Cycle, Psychological Issues Monograph 1.
  15. Finch CE. 1996. Biological bases for plasticity during aging of individual life histories. In The Life-Span Development of Individuals: Behavioral, Neurobiological and Psychosocial Perspective , ed. D Magnusson, pp. 488–511. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press
  16. 10.1037//0882-7974.11.2.316 · DOI · Paper page
  17. 10.1037//0033-2909.101.2.171 · DOI · Paper page
  18. Gehlen A, 1956, Urmensch und Spätkultur.
  19. Gollwitzer PM, 1996, The Psychology of Action: Linking Cognition and Motivation to Action.
  20. Graf P, 1995, Swiss J. Psychol., 54, 113
  21. 10.1037//0033-295X.102.2.284 · DOI · Paper page
  22. Hess TM, Pullen SM. 1996. Memory in context. SeeBlanchard-Fields & Hess 1996, pp. 387–427
  23. Horn JL. 1989. Models of intelligence. In Intelligence: Measurement, Theory, and Public Policy , ed. RL Linn, pp. 29–73. Urbana, IL: Univ. Ill. Press
  24. Hunt E. 1993. What do we need to know about aging? See Cerella et al 1993, pp. 587–98
  25. Jones HE, 1933, Genet. Psychol. Monogr., 13, 223
  26. Klix F, 1993, Erwachendes Denken: Geistige Leistungen aus evolutionspsychologischer Sicht.
  27. Knopf M, 1995, Swiss J. Psychol., 54, 225
  28. 10.1037//0096-3445.125.4.331 · DOI · Paper page
  29. 10.1037//0882-7974.8.2.207 · DOI
  30. Magnusson D, 1996, The Life-Span Development of Individuals: Behavioural, Neurobiological and Psychosocial Perspectives.
  31. Marsiske M, Willis SL. 1998. Practical creativity in older adults' everyday problem solving: life-span perspectives. In Creativity and Successful Aging: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches , ed. CE Adams-Price, pp. 73–113. New York: Springer
  32. Mayer KU, 1990, Kölner Z. Soziol. Sozialpsychol., 42, 7
  33. Perlmutter M. 1988. Cognitive potential throughout life. In Emergent Theories of Aging , ed. JE Birren, VL Bengtson, pp. 247–68. New York: Springer
  34. Rakic P. 1995. Corticogenesis. SeeGazzaniga 1995, pp. 127–45
  35. Ribaupierre Ad, 1995, Swiss J. Psychol., 54, 152
  36. 10.1037//0003-066X.52.4.390 · DOI
  37. 10.1037//0033-295X.103.3.403 · DOI · Paper page
  38. Scarr S, 1983, Child. Dev., 54, 424
  39. Schaie KW, 1996, Adult Intellectual Development: The Seattle Longitudinal Study.
  40. 10.1037//0003-066X.51.7.702 · DOI
  41. 10.1037//0003-066X.46.6.606 · DOI
  42. Smith MB, 1996, Interam. J. Psychol., 30, 145
  43. Spearman CE, 1927, The Abilities of Man.
  44. Tetens JN, 1777, Philosophische Versuche über die menschliche Natur und ihre Entwicklung.
  45. Thomae H. 1979. The concept of development and life-span developmental psychology. SeeBaltes & Brim 1979, pp. 282–312
  46. 10.1037//0033-295X.99.3.395 · DOI · Paper page
  47. 10.1037//0033-2909.122.3.231 · DOI
  48. Weinert FE, Perner J. 1996. Cognitive development. SeeMagnusson 1996, pp. 207–22
  49. Welford AT. 1993. The gerontological balance sheet. See Cerella et al 1993, pp. 3–10
  50. Willis SL, Schaie KW. 1994. Cognitive training in the normal elderly. In Plasticité cé-rébrale et stimulation cognitive [ Cerebral plasticity and cognitive stimulation ], ed. F Forette, Y Christen, F Boller, pp. 91–113. Paris, France: Fond. Nat. Gérontol.
  51. Woodruff-Pak DS. 1993. Neural plasticity as a substrate for cognitive adaptation in adulthood and aging. See Cerella et al 1993, pp. 13–35

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Related

See all

Metadata

Authors
Baltes, P. B., Staudinger, U. M., & Lindenberger, U.
Affiliations
Max Planck Society (DE)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
1999-02
Volume
50
Issue
1
Pages
471-507
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
DOI
10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.471
OpenAlex
W2142943574
Semantic Scholar
a6c5c9ad8a81214f24689aae38cc91375e07b3b3
Cited by
1,281
References
227
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 54 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 55 · 2015: 70 · 2014: 49 · 2013: 49 · 2012: 64
FWCI
7.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Psychology of Development and Education
Keywords
lifespan development, intellectual functioning, intelligence development, evolutionary psychology, ontogeny, developmental adaptation, behavioral regulation, cultural development

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review