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Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Orientations and Methods: 1. TheBerlin Aging Study: sample, design, and overview of measures Paul Baltes,Karl Ulrich Mayer, Hanfried Helmchen and Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen; 2.Sample selectivity and generalizability of the results from the Berlin AgingStudy Ulman Lindenberger, Reiner Gilberg, Todd D. Little, Reinhard Nuthmann,Ulrich Potter and Paul Baltes; 3. Generational experiences of old people inBerlin Ineke Maas, Markus Borchelt and Karl Ulrich Mayer; 4. Six individualbiographies from the Berlin Aging Study Yvonne Schutze, Clemens Tesch-Romerand Cornelia Borchers; Part II. Major Results from the Four Research Units:5. Morbidity, medication, and functional limitations in old age ElisabethSteinhagen-Thiessen and Markus Borchelt; 6. Psychiatric illnesses in old ageHanfried Helmchen, Margret M. Baltes, Bernhard Geiselmann, SiegfriedKanowski, Michael Linden, Friedel M. Reischies, Michael Wagner, ThomasWernicke and Hans-Ulrich Wilms; 7. Trends and profiles of psychologicalfunctioning in very old age Jacqui Smith and Paul Baltes; 8. Socioeconomicconditions and social inequalities in old age Karl Ulrich Mayer, Ineke Maasand Michael Wagner; Part III. Interdisciplinary Findings: 9. Men and women inthe Berlin Aging Study Margret M. Baltes, Alexandra M. Freund and Ann L.Horgas; 10. Social relationships in old age Michael Wagner, Yvonne Schutzeand Frieder R. Lang; 11. Self, personality, and life regulation: facets ofpsychological resilience in old age Ursula M. Staudinger, Alexandra M.Freund, Michael Linden and Ineke Maas; 12. Limits and potentials ofintellectual functioning in old age Ulman Lindenberger and Friedel M.Reischies; 13. Sensory systems in old age Michael Marsiske, Julia Delius,Ineke Maas, Ulman Lindenberger, Hans Scherer and Clemens Tesch-Romer; 14.Everyday competence in old and very old age: theoretical considerations andempirical findings Margret M. Baltes, Ineke Maas, Hans-Ulrich Wilms, MarkusBorchelt and Todd D. Little; 15. On the significance of morbidity anddisability in old age Markus Borchelt, Reiner Gilberg, Ann L. Horgas andBernhard Geiselmann; 16. Utilization of medical and nursing care in old ageMichael Linden, Reiner Gilberg, Ann L. Horgas and ElisabethSteinhagen-Thiessen; 17. Sources of well-being in very old age Jacqui Smith,William Fleeson, Bernhard Geiselmann, Richard A. Settersten Jr and UteKunzmann; Part IV. Overview and Outlook: 18. What do we know about old ageand aging? Conclusions from the Berlin Aging Study Karl U. Mayer, PaulBaltes, Margret M. Baltes, Markus Borchelt, Julia Delius, Hanfried Helmchen,Michael Linden, Jacqui Smith, Ursula M. Staudinger, ElisabethSteinhagen-Thiessen and Michael Wagner.