Assignment
Length: 3000 to 3400 words.
The final paper reflects a culmination of your learning throughout this course. Choose one of the following two topic categories:
1) Your life journey
2) The life of a historical figure, such as Florence Nightingale, President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, or Muhammad Ali. (These are just examples; select your example from any period and from any historical category you find meaningful.)
Write a paper on the life journey of you or the person you selected. Your paper should do the following:
1) Describe the life journey of the person who is the subject of your study.
2) Apply Freud's, Erikson's, or Maslow's theory to discuss and explain the development of the person's life that is your subject, addressing each of the seven stages listed below.
3) Evaluate whether and in what ways the theory has explanatory power for each stage of the life under examination.
4) For any life stages for which the theory was unable to adequately explain, model, and/or otherwise cast light on the life, critique those shortcomings of the theory and identify those unique characteristics of the life that explain the divergence between the life and the theoretical conception.
The following stages of life must be included:
1) Prenatal and Infancy
2) Early childhood
3) Middle childhood
4) Adolescence
5) Emerging adulthood
6) Adulthood (assuming you or your historical figure has reached 30)
7) Late adulthood (if you or your historical figure have reached or did reach that stage).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.