Background
Perlmutter, Marion was born on September 2, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Frank and Eleanor L. Perlmutter.
(Takes a life-span view of development and a multi-discipl...)
Takes a life-span view of development and a multi-disciplinary approach to adulthood, presenting development and aging at multiple levels: biological, psychological, sociological, anthropological, cultural and historical. Stresses the plasticity and diversity of aging. Promotes an understanding of adult development and of life in an aging society. Intended to develop analytic skills in students by allowing them to interpret age differences.
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Perlmutter, Marion was born on September 2, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Frank and Eleanor L. Perlmutter.
Bachelor in Psychology, Syracuse (New York) U., 1970; Master of Science in Ednl. Psychology, State University of New York, Albany, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Development Psychology, U. Massachusetts, 1976.
Assistant professor, professor, associate director, Institute Child Development, Minneapolis, 1976-1984;
visiting scholar, Max Planck Institute Psychological Study, Munchen, Federal Republic Germany, 1984;
professor department psychology, research scientist, Institute Gerontology and Center Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1985. Visiting fellow Center for Advanced Studies, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 1986, Max Planck Institute, Berlin, 1987. Advisor Russell Sage Committee on Organizational Time Tables and Life Span Perspectives, 1987, National Institute Aging, Behavioral and Social Science Advisory Committee, since 1986.
Traveling exhibition consultant American Psychological Association, since 1989. Chairperson grant review National Institutes of Health Human Development and Aging Study Section, 1984-1985, National Institute of Mental Health Small Grant StudySect., 1980-1982.
(Takes a life-span view of development and a multi-discipl...)
Fellow American Psychological Association (awards committee, Executive Committee, membership committee, program committee division 20), American Psychological Society, Gerontol Society American (program chair). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ednl. Research Association, Cognitive Science Society, International Society for Study of Behavioral Development (program chair), International Society Twin Studies, Merill-Palmer Society, Psychonomic Society, Society for Research.in Child Development (chair program section).