Includes bibliographical references and index.

The self-directed learner and humanistic psychology -- The psychoanalytic approach -- The life history of the self -- Cognitive neuroscience -- Understanding adult intelligence and cognition: the role of experience -- Behaviourism -- Group learning -- Transformative learning -- Towards a critical understanding of practice.

"Thoroughly revised to encompass shifts in the concerns of adult educators as they respond to changing global social and economic conditions, the fourth edition of Psychology and Adult Learning includes a new emphasis on diversity with a focus on identities; developments in cognitive neuroscience, how research outcomes in this space are finding their way into education thinking; and the significance of social media and the digital world for education. The ideal textbook for adult psychology or adult education university courses, this book examines the psychological dimension of adult education work by analyzing and critiquing key psychological theories that have informed our understanding"-- Provided by publisher.