The Impact of Life Experiences on Development

Choose four events from your life that you believe had a significant impact on your development. There must be at least one event from childhood(Raised by a single mother), one from adolescence(teenager mother), and one from adulthood(My divorce) the fourth event may be in any one of those three stages. 

For each of the life events selected, do the following: 

• Describe the life event as age-graded, history-graded, or non-normative.

• Explain how it was significant to your development and why, including how it impacted or changed you cognitively, psychologically, and/or socially.

• Explain how each event and its associated changes influenced your identity development through your lifespan.

• Support your statements with developmental theory and integration of knowledge you gained throughout the course. This should include the text resource and at least one additional peer-reviewed article for each event.

Remember this is not a narrative of your life, but rather an analysis of developmental influences using yourself as the case study. Your introduction should include an overview of the significance of life experiences on development; your conclusions should include a brief recap of key points in your paper, and any new perspectives gained from your analyses.