PSY216 Psychology of Ageing

Case Study

You will need to create a case study to illustrate some of the key points that you make in the essay. The case study must be your own work.

You can base the case study on someone that you know ensuring that their confidentiality is maintained by using pseudonyms, but you must not use a case study that is from the textbook or other readings.

You will need to integrate the case study with the psychological literature discussed. In other words, do not simply present the case study and then the psychological material but rather integrate the two elements and try and demonstrate throughout your essay how the case study illustrates some aspects of the literature and, conversely, how the literature relates to the features of the case study.

Task

For this assessment item, you will need to produce a written piece in the style of an essay to address one of the questions below. As part of your essay, you will need to construct a case study to illustrate the arguments you make.

For your essay, choose from ONE of the five topics described below.

1.Use It Or Lose It?
2.Rose-Coloured Glasses. Are Older Adults More Positive Than Younger Adults?
3.How Can I Age Well?
4.Don’T Hate Me Just Because I Am Old.
5.For Older Adults, It Is The Same Old Story.