PSY307 Lecture Notes - Adult Development, Ageism
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Adult development and aging does not need to be all bad; yes challenges, but also positives. Dr prue millear (email withheld) and dr geoff lovell (email withheld) share lectures and tutorials. Essay, worth 30% (due friday week 6) Research proposal, worth 30% (due friday week 10) How do men and women manage their work and family role; balance, conflict or facilitation between roles? . Design intervention for older people and describe how access success. Theoretically sound and grounded in current research. Write in third-person, but present reasoned opinion. Word limit +/- 10% front page, abstract and references not included; titles and citations are. Gerontology: study of aging from maturity through to old age. Myths of aging lead to stereotypes and ageism. Ageism: form of discrimination against older adults based on age. (bronfenbrenner) development occurs as proximal process between person and context over time. Complex interaction between biological, psychological and sociocultural. Developmental influences normative age-graded/normative history-graded influences; non-normative influences.
