perspective paper 2 adulthood

Step One:

Please choose two theorists from the list below. You may select different theorists or keep the same theorists you used for your previous perspective assignment.

1. Freud’s psychosexual stage theory
2. Erikson’s psychosocial stage theory
3. Kohlberg’s moral understanding stage theory
4. Piaget’s cognitive development stage theory
5. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory

Step Two:

Research your selected theorists. The embedded text in this course will help, and you may also use resources from the approved list of websites given to you in your syllabus:

• www.apa.org
• www.eric.ed.gov
• www.plos.org
• www.scholar.google.com
• www.omicsonline.org
• https://www.odessa.edu/current-students/Learning-Resources-Center-Library/Super-Search/index.html

Step Three:

Use the attached template to write your paper. Follow the format given in the template EXACTLY!

1. Title Page
2. Introduction
   • Introduction to your lifespan span (birth through childhood)
   • Overview of your two theorists and their theories
3. Body Paragraph One:
   • Identify the parts of each theory that are relevant to this lifespan stage.
4. Body Paragraph Two:
   • Discuss the similarities of the theorists and their theoretical stages in relation to this particular lifespan timespan.
   • Give specific examples of each of the similar stages. (How would an infant/toddler/early childhood child demonstrate that he/she was in X stage for X theorist, which parallels X stage for X theorist?)
5. Body Paragraph Three:
   • Contrast the theoretical stages in relation to this particular lifespan stage. Where are there differences between what your two theorists believe?
   • Give specific examples of each of the stages where the theorists differ. (How would an infant/toddler/early childhood child demonstrate that he/she was in X stage for X theorist, but according to theorist #2, a child would behave like this in this stage?)
6. Conclusion:

• • Summarize the key points from your essay. Why would knowing these stages be important?

Your final product should be a 2-3 page paper, not including your title page or reference page.

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