Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ACPE-0058
Organization's ID:
PSY375
Organization:
Alternative Credit Project Ecosystem
Location:
Online
Length:
This is a self-paced online course that is completed over 135 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Sociology Of Aging, Social Psychology, or Social Gerontology
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to recall the characteristics of today's population aged 65 and older; define concepts and theories to understand the aging process; differentiate between the major theories of biological aging and patterns of illnesses in later life; recognize how family variations and relationships support social functioning; and identify the effects of current technological and medical breakthroughs for older people.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the myths and beliefs about aging
  • Identify the surveys and observations used in social gerontology research
  • Recall the sex, race, and ethnicity in today's older generation
  • Differentiate between individual and society level theories
  • Differentiate between longevity and long life
  • Identify the biological theories of aging
  • Recall the basics of adult socialization
  • Identify the stage theories of personality development
  • Differentiate between information processing, learning, and memory
  • Identify common signs of cognitive decline
  • Identify the factors influencing workers to retire
  • Recall how health affects retirement
  • Define the age discrimination and employment act
  • Recognize twenty first century mortality trends
  • Identify the changing demography of death
  • Identify death in American society
  • Recognize global aging and its' lessons for social policy
  • Identify the various ways of paying for long-term care
  • Define the social construction of age
  • Identify the major social hierarchies
  • Recall the origins of gerontology
  • Identify the demographic transition
  • Identify the cognitive changes caused by life events
  • Recall the common characteristics of various family structures
  • Differentiate between income sources in later life

General Topics:

  • The field of social gerontology
  • Demography, populations characteristics, and living arrangements
  • Theories of aging
  • Health, illness, and health care later in life
  • Personality and adult development
  • Cognition, intelligence, and memory
  • Family relationships and social bonds
  • Work, retirement, and leisure
  • Economic security, public policy, and politics
  • Death, dying, and bereavement
  • Social policy, economics, and demography of the aging
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Computer Based Training

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials