Developental Pyscology

The subject of the research paper will be Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of

Development. You will pick one of his eight Developmental Crises (p. 37 in text) and

research how best to “resolve it”.

The research paper is an opportunity for you to conduct your own developmental

analyses. The paper should be based on library research, and class materials

(i.e., lectures, assignments, and text). It is important to note that your project must

have scholarly bibliographic references.

The purpose of this assignment is to display your critical thinking about an issue in

developmental psychology. You are expected to integrate your own experiences into

the analysis of the literature and to demonstrate analyses from multiple

perspectives. For example, compare/contrast analyses of the issues by race, culture,

history, or theory.

You should read many papers, books, and articles for your project and include at least

10references. The paper must be at least 5 typed pages, double-spaced and should

include:

• a clear statement about the developmental issues addressed in your paper, the focus

of your observations, research, or experiences, and the evidence on which your views

are based;

• your personal reactions, evaluations, and critical analyses from different

perspectives;

• references to ideas expressed in the textbook “ Developing person through the life

span”

• your synthesis, point of view, or conclusion to your argument.

I expect you to revise, edit, and proofread the paper thoroughly before handing it in.

Disorganized writing and thinking will lower the grade given to your paper. Use APA

style (which is found in most psychology journals). ccc

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