Pick a Lifespan Development issue
Earlier in this course, you chose a topic in lifespan development that pertains to your professional career, program specialization, or research interest. Throughout the course, you have read and gathered research articles related to your topic. In Week 6, you prepared an annotated outline. Now it is time to expand the annotated outline and prepare your final paper.
Your Signature Assignment requires you to complete the following:
Provide an overview of the topic/issue (e.g., parenting styles and school achievement).
Explain the physical and biological developments that occur throughout the lifespan as it relates to your topic.
Explain how culture and society influence this type of development.
Provide examples of how moral development is influenced over the lifespan as it relates to your topic.
Describe the role that gender and ethnicity have on human development as it relates to your topic.
Explain how identity development can change throughout the lifespan as it relates to your topic.
Integrate modern theory and research in human development as it relates to your topic.