UPPVFK005 Psychology of Aging and Old Age

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Naděžda Špatenková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. et Mgr. Maria Vašutová, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A target of this subject is understanding of basic definition of aging and old age including its establishment in psychologic theory. A student will orientate in basic characteristics of physical, cognitive and emotional processes by seniors. An attention will be dedicated to an intergenerational relationships, an adaption to old age, a retirement and a incipient loneliness by seniors. Student also will be introduced with a problematics of dying and a death where an emphasis will be put on how to eliminate this taboo (a problem)
Syllabus
  • 1. Aging and age. Basic definition early and right age. Seniors age in psychological theories.
    2. Physical changes in age.
    3. Psychic changes in age. Cognitive changes (sensory perception, attention, memory, abilities -
    intelligence, speech).
    4. Emotional changes. Shame. Self - appraisal as mental representation emotional relation on.
    Personality change.
    5. Adaptation on age. Retirement. Problems institutional care.
    6. Intergenerational relations. Partnership fathers. Bereavement.
    7. Loneliness and fathers.
    8. Problems dying and deaths.
    9. Concept success age and active age.
    10. Psychic disease in age, dementia.
Literature
    required literature
  • KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Psychologie stárnutí a stáří. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2015. URL info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Fenomén stáří. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87109-19-9. info
  • FARKOVÁ, Marie. Dospělost a její variabilita. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2480-5. info
  • GRUSS, Peter, ed. Perspektivy stárnutí: z pohledu psychologie celoživotního vývoje. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-605-6. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie II.: dospělost a stáří. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1318-5. info
    recommended literature
  • GAMON, David a BRAGDON, Allen D. Mozek a jak ho cvičit. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-803-6. info
  • HÁTLOVÁ, Běla. Psychologie seniorského věku. V Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7414-318-2. info
  • FALEIDE, A. O., LIAN, Lilleba B. a FALEIDE, Eyolf K. Vliv psychiky na zdraví: soudobá psychosomatika. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2864-3. info
  • VAŠUTOVÁ, M. Základy biodromální psychologie. Ostrava, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7368-934-6. info
  • TAVEL, Peter. Psychologické problémy v starobe. I. Pusté Úľany: Schola Philosophica, 2009. ISBN 978-80-969823-7-0. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Lecture
Monological
Dialogical
Assessment methods
Grade
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Contact tuition is led system consultation on select theme over a range of 9 o'clock. Combined section study is based on work in environment e- learning course on e- portále http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. For individual consultation selected problem wholes may student exploit individual or group person consultation or consultation via email. U exam subject student will show knowledge obligatory allowances literature, lectures from contact tuition and will show understanding problems discussions above processed selected correspondence office.
Final - test. Student must meet the demands so, so him may be assigned points (% correct answer in test) and of them consequent classification according to undermentioned keys.
Points (%) Exam /credit
(alphabet scale) (numeric scale)
100 - 95 A 1,0 inclusion
94 - 90 B 1,5 inclusion
89 - 85 C 2,0 inclusion
84 - 80 D 2,5 inclusion
79 - 75 E 3,0 inclusion
74 and less F 4,0 plug and play


The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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