You will describe and individual’s life from emerging adulthood to death. This is a continuation of the first and second paper which was from birth to early childhood and from middle childhood to adolescence. This third one includes information about early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, and death. This section should be written from the first-person perspective or a third-person perspective other than the parents. This is expected to be a creative paper with scholarly and course material integrated into it. You may take many approaches to the paper (e.g., parent journal then passed onto individual, life reflection, stories by rotating family members, etc.). You will describe and individual’s life from emerging adulthood to death.
Here are the events to incorporate in your early adulthood and beyond write-up;
30 yrs: Individual decides to pursue new career
55 yrs: Individual needs emergency triple bypass surgery.
Most everything that you write will be up to you. Ages are 22+ years of age. The third part of the paper is not written as the parent. You can either do first person or third person. Let me know if you have any questions!
Use the integrated scholarly and course information to justify the individual’s behaviors/decisions. It is recommended that you appropriately integrate 4-5 pieces of scholarly/course material into each life-stage section. Appropriate integrations should demonstrate your understanding the material. Be sure to cite the text and empirical articles when referring to concepts/theories to justify your decisions and the individual’s development. Lastly, the paper will be graded predominately on the quality of your story and how it flows with the integration of scholarly and class material. Include material that is pertinent to physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development (though not necessarily all aspects of development in each section) throughout the lifespan, rather than focusing on one and ignoring the other aspects of development. Additionally, it is imperative that your story is logical; decisions and actions in one life-stage can impact later life-stages and must be considered. Be sure to use APA style citations when integrating information and include any cited materials in your reference list as well. Failure to use citations and/or references constitutes plagiarism and such submissions will receive no credit.
This is still a write up about Ryn as a female
There are Guidelines you can use in the write up. Do not feel as though you have to answer ALL the questions. The questions
should be used to help build your paper. Be sure to cite the text and empirical articles when referring to concepts/theories to justify your decisions and their development.
EMERGING ADULTHOOD
Who are they as an individual?
How is their identity development progressing?
Will your young adult attend college?
o If so, what type of college? What did they major in and why? How did they do?
o If not, what path did they take? How did that go?
What is their sexual orientation?
o How do you respond to your young adult’s sexual orientation?
Where and with whom are they living?
What type of job do they have?
o Are they satisfied?
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Do they get married?
o If so, at what age? Do they stay married or divorce at some point?
o If not, are they single or cohabitating or still dating around?
Do they have a child of their own?
o If so, how many? Biological? Adopted? Step-children?
i. What pressures do they feel from their role as a parent?
ii. How are they as a parent?
o If they don’t have any children, what influence does that have on their life?
Based on the choices made during adolescence and emerging adulthood, describe their
lifestyle and their personality.
What are their hobbies? Are other family members included in their hobbies?
Do they experience a stable career track or do they change career fields?
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
Does their marital/family structure change?
Do they experience a stable career track or do they change career fields?
How is their physical health and cognitive well-being through adulthood?
o How do they handle the fact that they are getting older?
o If declining, how does that impact their life and lifestyle?
What is their personality like?
What are their hobbies? ? Are other family members included in their hobbies?
Do they become a grandparent? How does that affect them?
Do they provide care for a parent? How does that go?
OLDER ADULTHOOD
Will they retire? If so, at what age?
o Will they continue to work part-time?
o Based on their earlier career and saving/spending habits, what kind of
retirement lifestyle can they expect to have?
Based on their marital status (& whether or not it changes), how does that influence
their adaptation to old age?
How is their physical health and sensory functioning?
o Any issues with bADLS, iADLS, or functional activities?
How is their cognitive sharpness?
Describe a typical day in their life.
Where do they live? With whom do they live?
Have they informed others of their death-oriented preferences with a living will or
appointed someone to make decisions on their behalf?
What type of care do they receive in their final weeks/months of life?
Late in older adulthood, they die. Write their obituary.
