Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Christopher Hertzog and Paul Verhaeghen -- Emotion during adulthood -- Older adults' perception of social and emotional cues / Louise H. Phillips, Gillian Slessor, Phoebe E. Bailey, and Julie D. Henry -- The effects of age on memory for socio-emotional material : an affective neuroscience perspective / Elizabeth A. Kensinger, Eric R. Allard, and Anne C. Krendl -- Age changes in facial morphology, emotional communication, and age stereotyping / Mary Lee Hummert -- Do everyday affective experiences differ throughout adulthood? : a review of ambulatory-assessment evidence / Michaela Riediger and Antje Rauers -- Emotion in context : antecedents and consequences -- The dynamics of cognitive-emotional integration : complexity and hedonics in emotional development / Gisela Labouvie-Vief, Anne-Laure Gilet, and Nathalie Mell -- Putting emotional aging in context : contextual influences on age-related changes in emotion regulation and recognition / Jennifer Tehan Stanley and Derek M. Isaacowitz -- Positive emotions and health in adulthood and later life / Catherine Riffin, Anthony D. Ong, and C. S. Bergeman -- Boundary conditions for emotional well-being in aging : the importance of daily stress / Martin J. Sliwinski and Stacey B. Scott -- Tasks, capacities, and tactics : a skill-based conceptualization of emotion regulation across the lifespan / Nathan S. Consedine and Iris Mauss -- Reconciling cognitive decline and increased well-being with age : the role of increased emotion regulation efficiency / Erin Senesac and Susanne Scheibe -- Everyday problem solving -- Contextual variation in adults : emotion regulation during everyday problem solving / Michelle A. Skinner, Cynthia A. Berg, and Bert N. Uchino -- Goals and strategies for solving interpersonal everyday problems across the life span / JoNell Strough and Emily J. Keener -- 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 -- Social cognition and goals -- My heart will go on : aging and autonomic nervous system responding in emotion / Michelle N. Shiota and Samantha L. Neufeld -- Aging influences on judgment and decision processes : interactions between ability and experience / Thomas M. Hess and Tara L. Queen -- Wisdom and emotions / Monika Ardelt and Michel Ferrari -- Values across adulthood : a neglected developmental construct guiding thought and action over time / Johannes O. Ritter and Alexandra M. Freund -- Causal attributions across the adult lifespan / Michelle Horhota, Andrew Mienaltowski, and Yiwei Chen -- Stereotype threat in older adults : when and why does it occur and who is most affected? / Sarah J. Barber and Mara Mather -- Index.