Studying Adult Development and Aging -- Perspectives on Adult Development and Aging -- Discovering Development: Myths and Stereotypes About Aging -- Issues in Studying Adult Development and Aging -- Forces in Action: Culture, Ethnicity, and Aging -- Current Controversies: Does Personality in Young Adulthood Determine Personality in Old Age? -- Research Methods -- How Do We Know? Conflicts Between Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data -- Physical Changes -- Why Do We Age? Biological Theories of Aging -- Discovering Development: Why Do Most People Think We Age? -- Appearance and Mobility -- Sensory Systems -- How Do We Know? Improving Balance Through Tai Chi -- Vital Functions -- Forces in Action: Take a Deep Breath -- The Reproductive System -- Current Controversies: Hormone Replacement Therapy -- The Nervous System -- Longevity, Health, and Functioning -- How Long Will We Live? -- Discovering Development: Take the Longevity Test -- Health and Illness -- How Do We Know? Dealing with Stress in Key Life Roles -- Common Chronic Conditions and Their Management -- Current Controversies: The Prostate Cancer Dilemma -- Pharmacology and Medication Adherence -- Functional Health and Disability -- Forces in Action: Why Are Some People More at Risk for Disability? -- Clinical Assessment, Mental Health, and Mental Disorders -- Mental Health and the Adult Life Course -- Developmental Issues in Assessment and Therapy -- Forces in Action: Clinical Assessment and the Adult Life Course -- The Big Three: Depression, Delirium, and Dementia.