2020-2021 Graduate Catalog

PSY 5170 PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING

Major theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues in psychological studies on the later years of the life-span. Emphasis on the biopsychosocial model, and the normative changes in cognition, emotion, social relationships, sense of self and personality.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Six semesters hours of psychology at the graduate level, including one course in any area of developmental psychology.