2017-2018 / PSYC1092-1

Psychosocial Aspects of Ageing

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in psychology and education : general3 crédits 
 Master in education (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in psychology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Stéphane Adam

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The overall objective of the course is to deconstruct some stereotypes associated with the concept of aging. More concretely, various issues related to or associated with normal aging (senescence) are considered, as: (1) the origins and characteristics of the aging population (demographics), (2) physiological aging, (3) the questioning of psychometric model of cognitive decline, (4) the description of some theories explaining how a person adapts to his aging and maintains well-being and a good quality of life, and (5) the description of some transitional periods occuring during aging such as retirement, health, loneliness, greaf etc.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To have some theoritical and methodological knowledge related to the actual knowledge about normal and pathological aging.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisites required

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures with slides support.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Course Content: Oral presentation + Slides available online after each course (via MyULg)
Reading (s) Recommended (s): Bibliographical supplements (articles, chapters) can be posted online (also via MyULg).

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam (multiple choice questions and/or true -false).
Points per question: 1 point for a correct answer, 0.5 points for a mistake, 0 if no response or a response "I do not know »

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Academic: 
ADAM Stéphane (28.46) - stephane.adam@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: 
MISSOTTEN Pierre (20.58) - pmissotten@ulg.ac.be
Secretary:
BERSOUX Martine (20.81) - martine.bersoux@ulg.ac.be