Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Seniors Psychology and Accompaniment | ||||||||
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| 15h Th | ||||||||
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Lecturer :
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| Stéphane Adam | ||||||||
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| French language | ||||||||
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||||||||
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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| The overall objective of the course is to deconstruct some stereotypes associated with the concept of aging. More concretely, various problems related to or associated with normal aging (senescence) are considered, as: (1) the origins and characteristics of the aging population (demographics), (2) the questioning of psychometric model of cognitive decline, (3) the description of some theories explaining how a person adapts to his aging and maintains a good quality of life, and (4) to understand Alzheimer's disease to better interact with this pathology. | ||||||||
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| To have some theoritical and methodological knowledges in connection with the present knowledges about normal and pathological ageing. | ||||||||
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| No prerequisites required | ||||||||
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