Select a significant event (either positive or negative) that occurred before you reached adulthood and that has had a life-shaping effect on your life.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Briefly describe your significant event (one to two (1-2) sentences).
2. Discuss why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate.
3. Determine the effect the event has had on your subjective well-being.
4. Discuss the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality.
5. Determine the positive or negative impacts of the event on your overall health (including your reaction to stressors and your ability to cope).
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Relate psychological concepts to real-world situations.
• Describe the major theories of learning, memory, cognition, consciousness, development, and social psychology.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.
• Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics
1. Briefly describe your significant event (one to two (1-2) sentences).
Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely described your significant event. Insufficiently described your significant event. Partially described your significant event. Satisfactorily described your significant event. Thoroughly described your significant event.
2. Discuss why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate.
Weight: 20% Did not submit or incompletely discussed why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate. Insufficiently discussed why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate. Partially discussed why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate. Satisfactorily discussed why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate. Thoroughly discussed why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate.
3. Determine the effect the event has had on your subjective well- being.
Weight: 20% Did not submit or incompletely determined the effect the event has had on your subjective well- being. Insufficiently determined the effect the event has had on your subjective well-being. Partially determined the effect the event has had on your subjective well-being. Satisfactorily determined the effect the event has had on your subjective well-being. Thoroughly determined the effect the event has had on your subjective well-being.
4. Discuss the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality.
Weight: 20% Did not submit or incompletely discussed the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality. Insufficiently discussed the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality. Partially discussed the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality. Satisfactorily discussed the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality. Thoroughly discussed the role the event may have played in the continued development of your personality.
5. Determine the positive or negative impacts of the event on your overall health (including your reaction to stressors and your ability to cope).