Format: 12 pt. font & 1 margins
Introduction: Which age group did you choose and why did you choose this particular age
group?
What is your purpose in doing this paper?
What do you hope to learn?
Age group: Early childhood
Body;
What age group did you choose/interest you the most?
Address the following topics in detail:
1. Give a basic/overall description of the age group you have chosen.
2. Discuss heredity vs. environment as influences on growth and development.
3. Describe the typical changes in physical growth that take place.
4. Explain the nutritional needs and the effect deficiencies in nutrition can have on growth and development.
5. List 2 defense mechanisms (Freud) a person might use and give an example for each.
6. If your chosen group is infant, early childhood, middle childhood, or adolescence:
a. Describe the cognitive achievements according to Piaget
b. Describe the psychosocial achievements according to Erikson
c. Describe how moral thinking develops according to Kohlberg
d. Describe language development according to Vygotsky
7. If your chosen group is young adulthood or middle adulthood:
a. Describe the cognitive achievements according to Piaget
b. Describe the psychosocial achievements according to Erikson
c. Describe how moral thinking develops according to Kohlberg
d. Choose one of the following:
i. Describe cognitive theory according to Loevinger
ii. Describe psychosocial development according to Levinson
iii. Describe developmental tasks according to Havighurst
8. If your chosen group is late adulthood or advanced old age:
a. Describe the cognitive achievements according to Piaget
b. Describe the psychosocial achievements according to Erikson
c. Describe how moral thinking develops according to Kohlberg
d. Choose one of the following:
i. Describe cognitive theory according to Loevinger
ii. Describe psychosocial development according to Levinson
iii. Describe developmental tasks according to Havighurst
iv. Describe developmental tasks according to Peck
v. Describe developmental stages of retirement according to
Atchley
9. Describe how emotional development advances and give an example
10. List at least 3 appropriate play/social activities.
What new information did you learn during the research and writing of this paper? Describe what you learned.
Do you know anyone in the age group you studied? Compare what you learned with what you know of this person.
If you do not personally know someone in your chosen age group, think of what you have seen in public or media and compare what you learned to them.
How is the information you learned while writing this paper going to help you in other settings in your future career?
cite your references in the body of your paper
Sources: 2 credible internet sources & textbook
the textbook chapter is in the files, its chapter 8 & the chart that is also there is for question 10
the textbook name is
Liefer, Gloria and Fleck, Eve. Growth and development across the lifespan: A health promotion focus. 2nd Ed, Elsevier, 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-4557-4557-4545-6
