The module is designed to develop an understanding of the way that increasing age influences the psychological experiences of adults. These issues will address the broad spectrum of psychological experience from cognitive, social, health and wellbeing perspectives. The focus will be on non-clinical experiences. Attention will be drawn to the necessity for well-designed research to be conducted with respect to ageing. The module draws on a number of perspectives including psychology, behavioural science, epidemiology and gerontology. Students are also given the opportunity to explore 4 debates based on controversial topics within ageing during lecture time in interactive sessions.
Students will be assessed by a written blog based on the interactive debates (30%), and a final examination (70%). The essay-based examination will require students to answer 2 out of 6 questions drawn from the lecture syllabus.