HOMEWORK GUIDE | Module 10: Assignment – Lifespan Development

Purpose

After completing this assignment students will be able to describe the physical, mental, emotional and social changes people experience throughout the lifespan – from conception until death.

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Directions

For this assignment you will be “creating” a person. You will choose a gender and name your person. You will then discuss, in essay format, changes that your person will experience throughout the lifespan – from conception until death. For example, if the person you create is Jane, you might explain teratogens and discuss how specific teratogens were a danger to Jane while in the womb. You might move on to explain object permanence and discuss how Jane would experience it.

Choose at least 2 concepts from each stage of development (prenatal/infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood).

Examples of concepts include (but aren’t limited to):

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• Prenatal Stages
• Teratogens
• Motor Development
• Object Permanence
• Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
• Attachment
• Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
• Egocentrism
• Cognitive Decline
• Marital Satisfaction

For each of the concepts you choose, you will need to:

• Write a 1-3 sentence summary that explains the concept (9 points).
• Write a 1-3 sentence summary that explains how your person would experience the concept (9 points)

You will need to write in essay format for this assignment. The following format should be used for this assignment and is worth 2 points:

• Introduction paragraph (at least 3 sentences): Includes an introduction of lifespan development.
• Paragraph 1 (4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of prenatal/infancy.
• Paragraph 2 ( 4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of childhood.
• Paragraph 3 ( 4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of adolescence.
• Paragraph 4 ( 4-12 sentences total for 2 concepts): Summary explaining the concepts of adulthood.
• Conclusion paragraph (at least 3 sentences): A summary of the concepts that you covered in your paper.
• Reference page listing full APA citations for all sources used (including textbook).