Adult Development and Aging in the Family

SFL 334 | University Course

Adjustments to physical, emotional, social, and economic changes. Needs arising from changes in family relationships, living arrangements, and employment; retirement planning.

Course Details

Note

Students will be required to access, on their own, a film with a plot that includes issues of aging. See the syllabus for recommendations. www.justwatch.com and local libraries can be helpful in locating viewing options.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Introduction to Adult Development and Aging
Lesson 2: The Aging Brain
Lesson 3: Physical Changes in Adulthood
Lesson 4: Health and Illness in Adulthood
Lesson 5: Person-Environment Interactions
Lesson 6: Information Processing and Memory
Lesson 7: Intelligence across the Life Course
Lesson 8: Personality across the Life Course
Lesson 9: Mental Health across the Life Course
Lesson 10: Work, Leisure, and Retirement
Lesson 11: Death and Dying
Lesson 12: Marital Relationships over the Life Course
Lesson 13: Parent-Child Relationships in Adulthood
Lesson 14: Caregiving for Elderly Family Members
Lesson 15: Extended Family Relationships (Siblings and Grandparenthood)

Syllabus

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Textbooks

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Adult Development and Aging- 7th Edition (Required) by: J. C. Cavanaugh and F Blanchard-Fields ISBN: 9781285444918 2014 Cengage	Purchase from: $86.61 Rental from: $49.49	New from $81.99	Borrow