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Age and Time in Geropsychology

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Biological age; Biological clock; Historical time; Life course; Social age; Subjective age; Time perspective; Time-to-death

Definition

Following the Merriam-Webster dictionary, we define age (in a geropsychological context) as “one of the stages of life,” paying particular attention to “an individual’s development measured in terms of the years requisite for like development of an average individual” (Age 2015). Similarly, we define time (in a geropsychological context) as “a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future” or “the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues” (Time 2015). In this contribution of the Encyclopedia of Geropsychology, we illustrate the multifaceted and interwoven nature of age and time.

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Age and time are intricately intertwined. Processes of aging are often a product of the passage of time. Although human beings are...

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  1. Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University, Rudower Chaussee 18, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Nanna Notthoff & Denis Gerstorf

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Notthoff, N., Gerstorf, D. (2015). Age and Time in Geropsychology. In: Pachana, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_106-1

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