LEARNING OBJECTIVES: the course, as part of the general learning objectives of the CdS, aims to stimulate and guide the application of the advanced knowledge about cognitive aging (perception, attention, language and memory even in relation to new theoretical approaches (e.g., emotions, personality) that guide research in the field.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS:
Knowledge and comprehension: the student should be able to recognize and apply the principal theoretical and methodological approaches in Psychology and Aging, identify the principal theoretical and experimental paradigms of Cognitive Aging and the relation between them, describe recent orientations in cognitive aging, with particular riferment to emotions;
-Autonomy of judgment: The student should be able to discuss experimental data with older adults and develop new analytical ponts of view on each cognitive process;
- Comunication Ability: the student should be able to use the technical language of GeroPsychology to highlight the differences in the terms adopted by different psychological approaches.