Objectives:
To deepen your understanding of the influences of development by examining your own upbringing and how this influences who you are today (your behavior and emotional/social development).
To apply major theories and concepts of human development
To explore the influence of your culture
To summarize and integrate research into your writing, and to learn and practice APA writing format.
Directions:
General topic of paper:
How my development has influenced who I am today.
Topics to cover in your paper:
Describe your cognitive or social and emotional development and how this influences you now.
What is your attachment style, how was your attachment style created (consider your relationships with your primary caretakers), and how does it continue to influence you now?
What was your culture like growing up and how does this affect you now?
What have you learned to help you for your future development- what will you do differently and/or continue to do?
Prior to starting your paper, create a timeline with each stage of development from birth to your current age. Write important events during your development- your first words, when you learned to walk, started school, your first date, etc. You can draw pictures or use symbols to illustrate these moments. Include this timeline with your paper; if you hand-draw it, scan it or take a picture of it and attach it to your paper before you submit it.
You must use information that youâve learned during the course from lectures, readings, and activities to explain your development in the areas discussed above (for example, you can use Piaget and/or Eriksonâs theories to explain your development). Donât just explain your development with no support.
Find 2 Empirical research articles and incorporate them into your paper using APA formatting for the in-text citations (please see instructions attached about how to locate an Empirical article and how to format your references and reference page using APA format)
Include a reference page at the end of your paper listing your references in APA format.
Paper must be 5-7 pages long, typed, double-spaced, standard margins, Times New Roman 12-point font.
Grading:
Task
Points
Timeline
/20
Attachment
/20
Culture
/20
Cognitive or Social/ Emotional Development
/20
Future Development
/20
Incorporate 2 Empirical research articles
/20
Reference Page (using APA formatting)
/10
Organization of paper (introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion)
/10
Grammar
/10
Rubric:
Grade
A (135-150)
B (120-134)
C (105-119)
D (90-104)
F (0-89)
Description of expectation
*Included all elements required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with no errors
*Paper was well organized, no grammatical errors
*Skillfully described cognitive or social/emotional personal development
*Thoroughly applied developmental theories to own development
*Skillfully integrated research- briefly introduced studies and explained how it related to topic
*Included all elements required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with minimal errors
*Paper was well organized, very little grammatical errors
*Described cognitive or social/emotional personal development
*Applied developmental theories to own development
*Skillfully integrated research, applying studies to specific concept
*Missing one element required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with multiple errors
*Paper was organized, some grammatical errors
*Described cognitive or social/emotional development
*Superficially applied developmental theories to own development
*Included at least one research study, difficulty with integrating into writing
*Missing two elements required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with many errors
*Paper disorganized with multiple grammatical errors
*Superficially described cognitive or social/emotional development
*Very minimal discussion of theories and application
*Included at least one research study, very poor integration of research or no discussion
*Missing multiple elements required
*Missing reference page or reference page completed incorrectly, missing in-text citations
*Did not describe cognitive or social/emotional personal development
*Did not apply developmental theories
*Missing research articles
How my development has influenced who I am today.
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