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General Instructions / Formatting Requirements: 1. Respond to only one of the below prompts 2. State the specific prompt you're responding to at the top of your paper 3. Break up your response into multiple paragraphs 4. Indent each paragraph 5. Double space 6. Proofread for clarity, grammar, and spelling mistakes. 7. Upload your document in the following formats: .doc, docx, .rtf, or .pdf. Do

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8. Your response must be between 300-500 words for full credit (submissions above or below this word count will receive point deductions of increasing amounts as the term progresses)

9. Use your own words, paraphrase, and cite sources if needed (a reference page with full citation is required if citing non-course provided materials)

Prompts:

Choose ONE of the prompts below:

Unit 1. Meta-theories

Prompt 1: Maturational Meta-theory

● What are meta-theories? ● List the assumptions of the nature of humans. ● Briefly describe the maturational meta-theory. ● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this

meta-theory? ● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with

this meta-theory?

Prompt 2: Mechanistic Meta-theory

● What are meta-theories? ● List the assumptions of the nature of humans. ● Briefly describe the mechanistic meta-theory. ● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this

meta-theory? ● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with

this meta-theory?

Prompt 3: Contextual Meta-theory

● What are meta-theories? ● List the assumptions of the nature of humans. ● Briefly describe the contextual meta-theory. ● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this

meta-theory? ● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with

this meta-theory?

Prompt 4: Organismic Meta-theory

● What are meta-theories? ● List the assumptions of the nature of humans. ● Briefly describe the organismic meta-theory. ● What about your personal experiences makes you resonate with this

meta-theory? ● What about your personal experiences makes you disagree with

this meta-theory?