Psychology’s Challenges in the 21st Century

• 영문명: Psychology’s Challenges in the 21st Century
• 발행기관: 한국노년학연구회
• 저자명: Leonard W. Poon
• 간행물 정보: 『한국노년학연구』제20권, 3~13쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 사회복지학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.12.15

영문 초록

This essay addresses the inevitable and impending changes in our societies and psychology’s responsibilities to help our populations to facilitate and adjust to these changes. To be very specific, population structures in all industrialized countries are changing in a rapid pace. Are these countries ready to deal with the changing demographics? More importantly for psychologists, do we have sufficient information or are we doing the necessary preparations to meet the challenges of the changing demographics?

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Changing Demographics

Psychology's Challenges

Summary and Conclusion

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