Journal Assignment: Impact of Life Experiences on Development
Review the Final Project Guidelines (located in this week's Learning Resources). Think about your tentative timeline and which six life events you might select to include in the project.
In what way were these events significant to you? How did they affect your development?
As you move forward in the course, you will use theory to better understand the impacts of these events and how they helped shape your identity.
In 1-2 paragraphs, briefly share your initial reflections about the influences these events had on your identity development.
Readings
Broderick, P. C., & Blewitt, P. (2015). The life span: Human development for helping professionals (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
Chapter 1, "Organizing Themes in Development" (pp. 2-38)
Kandler, C. Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., Thiel, W., & Angleitner, A. (2010). Sources of cumulative continuity in personality: A longitudinal multiple-rater twin study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98(6), 995-1008.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Overton, W. F., & Ennis, M. D. (2006). Cognitive-developmental and behavior-analytic theories: Evolving into complementarity. Human Development, 49(3), 143-172.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Sameroff, A. (2010). A unified theory of development: A dialectic integration of nature and nurture. Child Development, 81(1), 6-22.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Thelen, E. (2005). Dynamic systems theory and the complexity of change. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 15(2), 255-283.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Note: This information is also located on the Final Project Guidelines page in the left navigation area.