PSYCH 219 - Adult Development

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course studies adult development and aging. It focuses on the developmental changes related to biological, psychological and social processes. Coping strategies and intervention techniques will be examined.

Prerequisites: PSYCH 201 with a minimum grade of 2.0.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Social Science
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: Winter Only
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Course Competencies

Summarize the contributions and criticisms of the major developmental theories.
Describe the eclectic perspective of contemporary developmentalists.
Describe common mistakes made in the interpretation of research.
Examine cultural and ethnic diversity views on aging.
Evaluate the relationship between health and certain lifestyle factors that impact middle adulthood.
Identify measures for increasing health during middle adulthood.
Examine changes in memory, attention and learning in adulthood.
Evaluate changes in cognition, and emotion in adulthood.
Define ageism.
Explain the contributions of gerontology to changing views about old age.
Describe religious and cultural variations in how death is viewed and treated.
Discuss secondary aging as a cause of cognitive decline.
Discuss alternative care arrangements for the frail elderly, identifying some of the potential advantages and disadvantages of each.