Psychological Factors in Healthy Ageing (VPUPK_342)
About Study Course
Objective
To expand the knowledge on the fundamentals of normal and pathological ageing and the development of the scientific area, to introduce with the psychologiacl characteristics of ageing, including cognitive, affective, personality and attitude factors, as well as, educate on non-pharmacological approaches in healthy ageing.
Prerequisites
Anatomy, biological fundamentals of psyche, neuropsychology, social psychology, applied psychology, developmental psychology.
Learning outcomes
1.The student recognizes and characterizes the signs of healthy and pathological aging, identifies and defines the influence of related factors, describes with appropriate terminology, psychological aspects related to aging, cognitive process, emotional, personality and attitudes, identifies the health models most suitable for old age, recognizes available non-pharmacological approaches. for healthy ageing promotion.
1.The student collects, analyzes and interprets the psychological factors related to aging, explains their changes in the context of the healthy aging model, distinguishes the signs of pathological aging from the signs of normal aging, and is also able to identify the lifestyle factors of healthy aging.
1.The knowledge and skills acquired in the course are applied when developing psycho-educational material on the psychological factors of healthy aging. Understands the material learned in video lectures and is able to discuss it in class.
