Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction ; Paul Verhaeghen and Christopher K. Hertzog ; Part One: Emotion during Adulthood ; 2. Older Adults' Perception of Social and Emotional Cues ; Louise H. Phillips, Gillian Slessor, Phoebe E. Bailey, and Julie D. Henry ; 3. The Effects of Age on Memory for Socio-Emotional Material: An Affective Neuroscience Perspective ; Elizabeth A. Kensinger, Eric R. Allard, and Anne C. Krendl ; 4. Age Changes in Facial Morphology, Emotional Communication, and Age Stereotyping ; Mary Lee Hummert ; 5. Do Everyday Affective Experiences Differ Throughout Adulthood? A Review of Ambulatory-Assessment Evidence ; Michaela Riediger and Antje Rauers ; Part Two: Emotion in Context: Antecedents and Consequences ; 6. The Dynamics of Cognitive-Emotional Integration: Complexity and Hedonics in Emotional Development ; Gisela Labouvie-Vief, Anne-Laure Gilet, and Nathalie Mell ; 7. Putting Emotional Aging in Context: Contextual Influences on Age-Related Changes in Emotion Regulation and Recognition ; Jennifer Tehan Stanley and Derek M. Isaacowitz ; 8. Positive Emotions and Health in Adulthood and Later Life ; Catherine Riffin, Anthony D. Ong, and C. S. Bergeman ; 9. Boundary Conditions for Emotional Well-being in Aging: The Importance of Daily Stress ; Martin J. Sliwinski and Stacey B. Scott ; 10. Tasks, Capacities, and Tactics: A Skill-based Conceptualization of Emotion Regulation across the Lifespan ; Nathan S. Consedine and Iris Mauss ; 11. Reconciling Cognitive Decline and Increased Well-being with Age: The Role of Increased Emotion Regulation Efficiency ; Erin Senesac and Susanne Scheibe ; Part Three: Everyday Problem Solving ; 12. Contextual Variation in Adults' Emotion Regulation During Everyday Problem Solving ; Michelle A. Skinner, Cynthia A. Berg, and Bert N. Uchino ; 13. Goals and Strategies for Solving Interpersonal Everyday Problems across the Life Span ; JoNell Strough and Emily J. Keener ; 14. Goals, Strategies, and Well-Being across Adulthood: Integrating Perspectives from the Coping and Everyday Problem-Solving Literatures ; Abby Heckman Coats, Christiane Hoppmann, and Stacey B. Scott ; Part Four: Social Cognition and Goals ; 15. My Heart Will Go On: Aging and Autonomic Nervous System Responding in Emotion ; Michelle N. Shiota and Samantha L. Neufeld ; 16. Aging Influences on Judgment and Decision Processes: Interactions between Ability and Experience ; Thomas M. Hess and Tara L. Queen ; 17. Wisdom and Emotions ; Monika Ardelt and Michel Ferrari ; 18. Values across Adulthood: A Neglected Developmental Construct Guiding Thought and ; Action over Time ; Johannes O. Ritter and Alexandra M. Freund ; 19. Causal Attributions across the Adult Lifespan ; Michelle Horhota, Andrew Mienaltowski, and Yiwei Chen ; 20. Stereotype threat in older adults: When and why does it occur and who is most affected? ; Sarah J. Barber and Mara Mather