Over the course of the semesters, we have explored various theories of interest to developmental psychologists. Pick one theory from the following list:
Erik Erikson’s Theory of development based on the principle of psychosocial stages
Sigmund Freud’s Theory of the five psychosexual stages as they impact personality
B.F. Skinner’s Theory of Operant Conditioning
Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Lev Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Bronfrenbrenner’s Theory
Competence-environmental press theory
Life-span perspective
Life-course perspective
All of these theories were first introduced in Chapter 1 – If you do not remember them very well, go back and re-read Chapter 1 to refresh your memory (refer back to your Theories Assignment from Week 1).
Once you have selected a theory of your choice, you will be conducting a critical analysis of that theory and writing an APA-format research paper. You must include the following in your paper:
In your introduction, briefly summarize the theory and explain how it applies to human development. You may need to look at various articles and sources to fully answer this question.
Based on your research, explain what the strengths of this theory are – in other words, how is this theory supported and useful today.
Based on your research, explain the limitations of this theory – how is this theory criticized? What does the current research say about the validity and applicability of this theory?
Discuss the implications of the findings – why was this theory important when it was or how is it important today.
Conduct research to explore how the theory has been applicable to development in one other country other than the United States. Explain how the theory has been applied/used or maybe completely rejected in that culture/country and explain why.
Conclude your thoughts: what was your discovery, why was this personally meaningful to you, and how you could possibly use this knowledge.
Make sure you include the necessary citations and references in the correct APA format (use the library resources if you are unfamiliar with this format). You must use a minimum of four references in addition to your textbook.
Your paper must include the following components all of which must be in the correct APA format:
Title Page with your name, title of your paper, institution, running head, and page number (please note the header on the title page is different from the header on all other pages).
Abstract: a 300-400-word summary of your entire paper. (Hint: include this as the second page of your paper but write it last once you have already completed your paper – it will be much easier because you are simply summarizing what is in your paper)
Body: use appropriate headings for your paper and include the responses to the above 6 questions/requirements. This section should be approximately 3-4 double-space, 12-point, Times New Roman, pages.
References – must be in the appropriate APA format. You must use a minimum of four references in addition to your textbook. Make sure you include proper in-text citations throughout your paper. Get help from the writing center or watch the online tutorials on YouTube if you need more help. You may ask me as well if you are stuck.
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