Paul B. Baltes
(1939–2006)

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Paul Baltes: Biographical Information

Nachrufe / Obituaries

Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation

Media

2005 World Congress of Gerontology, Brazil

Keynote Lecture on a "Psychological Model of Successful Aging" (click to download)

MaxnetAging

International Max Planck Research Network on Aging (MaxNetAging) (click for further information)

Research Topics (click for further information)

Lifespan Psychology

Gerontology

Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC)

Sehnsucht / Life-Longings

Wisdom

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Baltes, P. B. (1997). On the incomplete architecture of human ontogeny: Selection, optimization, and compensation as foundation of developmental theory. American Psychologist, 52, 366-380.

Baltes, P. B. (1999). Alter und Altern als unvollendete Architektur der Humanontogenese. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 32, 433-448.

Baltes, P. B. (2000). Autobiographical reflections: From developmental methodology and lifespan psychology to gerontology. In J. E. Birren & J. J. F. Schroots (Eds.), A history of geropsychology in autobiography (pp. 7-26). Washington: American Psychological Association.

Baltes, P. B. (2003). Das hohe Alter -- Mehr Bürde als Würde? MaxPlanckForschung, 2/2003, 14-19. Full text

Baltes, P. B. (2003). Extending longevity: Dignity gain -- or dignity drain? MaxPlanckResearch, 3/2003, 14-19. Full text

Baltes, P. B. (2008). Positionspapier: Entwurf einer Lebensspannen-Psychologie der Sehnsucht. Utopie eines vollkommenen und perfekten Lebens [A lifespan psychological approach to the study of Sehnsucht (life longings). Utopia of a perfect and complete life]. Psychologische Rundschau, 59, 77–86. Abstract/Zusammenfassung

Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55, 122-136.

Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). Life-management strategies of selection, optimization, and compensation: Measurement by self-report and construct validity. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 82, 642-662. Abstract

See CV for complete publication list.