- Select a subject (person at least 3 years old) who you know well enough to assess their developmental stages.
- Select a Lifespan Development Theory (for example Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory or Piaget’s Cognitive Theory or Kohlberg's Moral Stage Theory).
- Create a PowerPoint presentation using your selected Lifespan Development Theory to describe your subject’s development.
- Apply Minimum of four (4) scholarly references – scholarly sources should be published within the last five (5) years AND be formatted in APA giving credit to the source via in-text citations and matching references. **NO WEBSITES ALLOWED!!!
The presentation MUST include speaker notes
Presentation Title: Assignment title, your name, the institution’s name, and date.
Section: Description of Lifespan Development Theory
- Explain each stage of the selected theory
- Include physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development from prenatal through the last stage of life.
Section: Biographical Information
- Collect and provide a brief overview of the subject’s biographical information, including information such as their age, gender, family structure, and living environment, education or employment setting, family socio-economic status, religious affiliation, ethnicity, or cultural elements, etc
- List and describe each stage of your subject’s developmental stages according to your selected theory including the subject’s present stage.
- Name and describe stages that your subject has not encountered yet.
Section: Sexual Orientation and Gender
- Define sexual orientation & gender identity based on Week 4's Lesson (Hint: they are not synonymous concepts!).
- Describe how the development of gender identity occurs based on your selected theory and its impact on personality & sexuality.
References
APA formatted references on their own slide that match the citations in the SPEAKER NOTES you used!
Again – The Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 scholarly references – scholarly sources should be published within the last five years
- APA formatted in-text citations and references for all the supporting evidence provided within the speaker notes.
Resources:
How to Create a PowerPoint
For Free Stock Pictures:
Adobe Sparks offers free photos that can be used within this program.
APUS Library