Lifeline Interview Project

Assignment Details

The purpose of the lifeline interview project is to encourage you to think about key developmental issues that impact yourself and a relative or other adult (ideally born in a different developmental stage than yourself, such as a parent or grandparent. This allows you to examine how external forces may impact the lives of others. You should have completed the interview (Refer to the Week 3 Assignment) and developed timelines (as discussed in the Week 3 Assignment).

For your Week 4 assignment, you should now take the gathered information and relate it to theories. The intent of this paper is to gain greater insight into how developmental issues influence yourself and someone in a different developmental stage.

Do not turn in the interview. You are writing a paper and generating timelines for your relative and yourself.

Writing the LifeLine Paper: Write a summary of your interview. The summary should include:

1. What were 2 or 3 important life events in your relatives life and how did those events affect them.
2. What were 1 or 2 historical events in your relatives life, and how did those events influence his/her life? Identify Erikson’s developmental stage the important life events and the historical events that occurred? Relate critical turning points in your relatives life to social and cognitive development to explain the impact of each event.
3. Identify critical turning points in your own life, some that you have experienced already and some that you anticipate. Relate these points to theories about social and cognitive development to explain the impact of each event.
4. Compare your relatives lifeline and yours in your paper (be sure to include the timeline as a separate attachment or in the same Word document). What are the similarities and differences in the timing of events between your relative and yourself?
5. What are the possible reasons for those similarities and differences?
6. How do these events transform you or your relative to “different” people?

Grading Criteria: The grading criteria for this paper will be based on how well you are able to relate your gathered material to theories in developmental psychology. Your paper should be a minimum of 5 pages not including the timelines, cover sheet, and reference page. You should have a minimum of 3 scholarly, credible sources in the paper. Be sure these are specific references. For example, it can be Erikson (1964, as cited in Sigelman & Rider). In most cases, it should not just be Sigelman and Rider as that is quite general and we want to give credit to the authors being discussed.

Rubric

Application of Theory and Research

25% of total grade

Expert Level_ Student thoroughly, accurately, concisely, and with depth, applies theory on the topic content.

Critical and Creative Thinking

25% of total grade

Expert Level_ Student consistently and at a high level, accurately and appropriately applies higher-level thinking skills (e.g., evaluates and analyzes) and uses original thinking to offer innovative thoughts, solutions, or application regarding the timeline.

Organization

20% of total grade

Expert Level_ Organization of the paper demonstrates planning, strong critical thinking, economy of expression, effective use of transitions, and APA headings throughout.

Developmental Stages

20% of total grade

Expert Level_ Student thoroughly and concisely meets the requirements and subsections explained by the assignment instructions inclusive of research, explanation, and in-depth synthesis regarding developmental stages and impact.

APA Formatting

5% of total grade

Expert Level_ Thorough APA 7th edition formatting with few to no errors. In-text citations and paraphrasing are done using the format required for scholarly work. The reference list is constructed correctly.

Precision and Mechanics of Writing

5% of total grade

Expert Level_ Student consistently uses correct terminology and writes clearly and concisely, with a fluidity of thought and expression. Student consistently and at a high level spells, constructs sentences, and punctuates correctly.

Textbook

Life-Span Human Development

ISBN: 9780357373651

Authors: Carol K. Sigelman, Elizabeth A. Rider

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Publication Date: 2021-04-23