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Descriptors/Topics
Course Objectives: To enable students to understand the concept of social gerontology and health and its relationship to the well–being of the individual in
everyday life
Pre-requisites: Nil
Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Introduction & Methodology 15
Descriptors/Topics
Definition of Health Psychology; Mind-Body Relationship; Changing Patterns of Illness;
Medical Acceptance; Health care services
Research Methodology- Anecdotal method, Case Study method, Correlation Research, Experimental method
The class will be taught using theory and case based method. In addition to assigning the application based teaching through lectures, tutorial and
field assignment and small project work.
Assessment/ Examination Scheme:
Weightage (%) 10 10 5 5 70
John Van Willigen and N.K. Chadha (1999) Social Aging in a Delhi Neighborhood. Bergin and Garvey: New York, USA
Allen Felicity, Health Psychology: theory and practice, Published by Allen & Unwin, 1998
Friedman, Health Psychology: Health Psychology, 2nd Edition, Published by Academic Internet Publishers Incorporated, 2006
Ogden Jane, Health Psychology: A Textbook, Published by Open University Press, 2000