3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020666ENW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed for Algemene psychologie' and 'Ontwikkelingspsychologie I'. Students in an abridged program can enroll for this course. Enrolment for this course is only possible for working students. Regular students can only register for courses of which the code ends with an R.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Klinische- en Levenslooppsychologie
Educational team
Eva Dierckx (course titular)
Inge Debast
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
66 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

- Theories on advanced age (biological,cognitive, psychosocial).
- Development (biological, cognitive, psychosocial) in adulthood: healthy and pathological ageing.

Exercises/group assignment:

Exercise: Administering cognitive tests and questionnaires, to get to know the life world of older adults.

Group assignment: Critical review and analysis of related literature on a subject selected from a list of set topics. This assignment is conducted and presented as part of a group.

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Adult development and aging, Biopsychosocial perspectives, Susan Krauss Whitbourne - Stacey B. Whitbourne, 6de, J. Wiley & Sons - New York - Toronto., 9781119667452, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Psychogerontologie, Slides, Eva Dierckx
Additional info

- Susan KRAUS WHITBOURNE (2001) "Adult development and aging - biopsychosocial perspectives". J. Wiley & Sons - New York - Toronto.

- Slides

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students are to be capable of describing developments during the course of life against the background framework of development challenges/development theories.
Students will have acquired an understanding of development (healthy as well as pathological) during late adulthood with respect to biological, cognitive, psychological, social and emotional themes.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
SELF Teamwork determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam theory with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

    Note: Theory: written exam with open questions (70%)

Within the SELF Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Group assignment with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

    Note: Exercises: 30% (compulsory)

Additional info regarding evaluation

- Theory (70%) and group assignment (30%)

The transfer of partial marks  (min. 10/20) is possible from 1st to 2nd session. The exam cannot be transfered to the next academic year.

The transfer of partial marks of the group assignment can be transfered max. 2 academic years.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Psychology: Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: agogische wetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: psychologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)