Psychology of Aging

2 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course is an introduction to the psychology of aging, how older adults experience growing older from a multi-dimensional and psychological perspective. This course takes an experiential, applied, and critical approach to psychological knowledge about aging. The course will examine psychological changes associated with aging, as well as psychological adaptation to the experience of growing older and psychological experiences that might be unique to growing older. We will critically evaluate whether these changes are universal and inevitable, and how they apply in practice.