Human Growth and Development

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Humanities

518 – All assignments should have 3-6 references minimum per assignment, no exceptions or you will be failed.

Textbook: Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2016). Human development: A life-span view (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN-13: 9781305116641

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Complete the provided “Piaget’s Sensorimotor and Preoperational Cognitive Development Stages” matrix worksheet. Within the matrix, use complete sentences and include scholarly references for the analysis.

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Part 1: Case Studies

Pick four stages to illustrate early childhood development. Pick two from Erikson’s Stage Theory and two from Piaget’s theory of development. Create one case study for each of the chosen stages, which is a total of four case studies.

Label each case study with the theorist/stages relevant to it.

Each case study should be a minimum of 250 words.

For each case study, include how you as a therapist would plan to work with someone at the identified stage.

Part 2: Summary

Include a 500-word summary that explains the similarities and differences between Piaget’s and Erikson’s theories.

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Part 1: Writing a Play

Use your knowledge to write a one-act play about a small group of friends.

Through the dialogue, the children should exhibit evidence of being in the concrete-operational period of cognitive development.

Be as creative in the dialogue of your scene as you can, remembering that at this stage, children, according to the textbook, become “less egocentric, rarely confuse appearances with reality, and are able to reverse their thinking.”

Set the scene and include acting and stage direction, if necessary and appropriate.

Your creative work should be between 750 words.

Give your play a name.

Part 2: Summary

Write a summary of approximately 250 words in which you analyze and explain ethical and cultural strategies for promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in middle childhood.

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The textbook highlights four distinct styles of parenting: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved. Conduct an Internet search to broaden your understanding of these styles.

Write a short essay (750 words) in which you:

First, define each style.

Then, explore each style’s effect on the socioemotional development of a 10-year-old child.

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Read the following scenario:

A female adolescent’s parents place a low priority on the value of an education. In fact, they prefer that she care for younger siblings instead of studying or completing a high school education. It is March. The student has told her parents that she has in-school suspension for the rest of the school year in order to have time to study as she dreams of attending college one day.

Complete the “Six Stages of Kohlberg” matrix provided.

Ensure that your rationale for each stage is adequately discussed.

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Part 1

In this assignment, you are the significantly older brother or sister of a child approaching adolescence.

Write a letter between 750 words in which you explain what he or she can expect to experience both socially and emotionally during adolescence.

Be gender-specific; choose one or the other to focus upon.

Share both the bright and dark sides of this time period and share ideas on how to get through it in the healthiest manner. Let him or her in on what you wished you had known. Share how your behaviors in adolescence impacted the rest of the family.

Part 2

The divorce rate in the United States remains at an all-time high.

Write a 1,250-word essay in which you consider the socioemotional response of adults and adolescents regarding divorce and custody arrangements. You are encouraged to use attachment theory in your paper. Address the following in your paper:

  • Steps that can be taken to minimize the number of divorces
  • Steps that can be taken to help children cope more effectively with their parents’ divorce
  • A discussion of how a professional counselor can provide support for all the parties involved
  • Discuss ethical and cultural strategies for promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in adolescence.
  • Include a minimum of three scholarly resources.

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Write a paper of 1,000 words in which you address the following:

  • Describe how a student who appears to be dismissing the value of an education might be encouraged to move out of a lower level and into subsequent stages of reflective judgment.
  • Integrate the possible selves and stages of reflective judgment theories in the text.
  • Discuss ethical and cultural strategies for promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in adults.

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Resources: To prepare for this assignment review the following theories of aging listed in Chapter 13, 14, and 15 of the textbook.

  • The Five Factor Trait Model
  • Rate-of-Living Theories
  • Cellular Theories
  • Programmed-Cell-Death Theories
  • Information Processing Theory
  • Continuity Theory
  • Competence and Environmental Press Theory
  • Erik Erikson’s Integrity vs. Despair

Part 1: Older Adult Interview

Interview an older adult of your choice (they may be your parents, relatives, or friends) and have a discussion about the factors that influenced their development. Address the following as part of the interview:

  • Cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development during the interviewee’s Maturity stage of adulthood (age 65 or older).
  • How peers influenced the interviewee during his or her adolescent/young adult stage.
  • What people and/or events influenced the interviewee’s development of morals such as faith, ethics, and culture?
  • How the interviewee’s experiences, positive or negative, have formulated who he or she is as a mature adult.

Note: American Psychological Association (APA) ethical guidelines indicate that interviewees have the right to refuse to answer any question posed to them by an interviewer. Please ensure that your interviewees are aware of this, and do not force them to answer where the opportunity to reply has been refused.

Pick one of the theories reviewed in Chapters 14 and 15 of the text.

Part 2: Reflection

Write a paper of 1,000 words, discussing the selected theory and how it relates to your interview. Include the following in your paper:

  • A description of the selected theory.
  • A description of your interviewee (gender, age, ethnicity, etc.).
  • How the interviewee’s responses illustrate the selected theory. Support your response with examples.
  • Discuss the ethical and cultural strategies for promoting resilience, optimum development, and wellness in older adults.
  • Include at least three scholarly references in addition to a personal communication reference for the interviewee.

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Compete the “Bereavement Across the Life Span” worksheet.