Objectives:
To deepen your understanding of the influences of development by examining your own upbringing and how this influences who you are today (your behavior and emotional/social development).
To apply major theories and concepts of human development
To explore the influence of your culture
Topics to cover in your paper:
Describe your cognitive or social and emotional development and how this influences you now.
What is your attachment style, how was your attachment style created (consider your relationships with your primary caretakers), and how does it continue to influence you now?
What was your culture like growing up and how does this affect you now?
What have you learned to help you for your future development- what will you do differently and/or continue to do?
*Included all elements required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with minimal errors
*Paper was well organized, very little grammatical errors
*Described cognitive or social/emotional personal development
*Applied developmental theories to own development
*Skillfully integrated research, applying studies to specific concept
*Missing one element required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with multiple errors
*Paper was organized, some grammatical errors
*Described cognitive or social/emotional development
*Superficially applied developmental theories to own development
*Included at least one research study, difficulty with integrating into writing
*Missing two elements required
*Completed reference page and in-text citations with many errors
*Paper disorganized with multiple grammatical errors
*Superficially described cognitive or social/emotional development
*Very minimal discussion of theories and application
*Included at least one research study, very poor integration of research or no discussion
*Missing multiple elements required
*Missing reference page or reference page completed incorrectly, missing in-text citations
*Did not describe cognitive or social/emotional personal development
*Did not apply developmental theories
*Missing research articles
