Midterm Project PSYU 320
Select a child whose age is 0 to 12. Observe the child from 30-60 minutes. Interview
the parents.
1. Identify and describe the developmental stage of the child. Describe the
physical and biosocial development for that stage. Identify the family structure,
socio-economic status and cultural factors. Use your observation and interview to
support your discussion.
2. Use 2 different developmental theorists to explain the child’s development
(i.e Piaget, Freud, Erikson, Kohlberg, etc.). Describe each theorist and relate
their findings to your selected child. Again, use you observations and interview
to support your discussion.
3. Supplement your report with at least 2 outside academic sources relating to the
theorist and/or development stage.
4. Use your integrated finding to identify any problems in this child’s development.
How does the environment or other factors influence the child’s development?
5. You may include pictures, work samples, awards etc. to help illustrate how the
child functions in his/her developmental stage.
6. Select an individual from adolescence to old age. Interview this person for at
least an hour regarding major events in his/her life, problems, concerns and
achievements. Identify family structure, Identify the family structure, socioeconomic
status and cultural factors. Use your interview to support your
discussion later in your paper.
7. Identify and explain a biosocial issue (drug abuse, health concerns, etc.)
8. Identify and explain moral development and cognitive issues.
9. Identify and describe the developmental stage the individual is in. Use 2
theorists to compare and contrast the issues in this stage. Use at least 2 outside
academic sources to support your discussion.
10. Use your integrated findings to identify any problems in this individual’s
development. How does their environment or other factors influence their
development?
11. You may include pictures, work samples, awards etc. to help illustrate how the
individual functions in his/her developmental stage.
Save your paper as a doc or rtf with your name and the assignment name in the file,
using Last Name_Assignment. So, if your name were Alicia Jackson, and this is the
midterm project, you would title it Jackson_Midterm.
Reference The Developing Person Through the Lifespan ninth edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|