Describe how personality in adulthood changes and also how it remains stable. According to Erikson, what is the major goal of adulthood? What types of experiences in adulthood would lead to that? According to the Big Five Factor of Personality, where do you think you fall on traits such as openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism?

One of the major personality stereotypes in adulthood is the concept of the midlife crisis. What do researchers say about the midlife crisis?

Students will be required to write a six page, APA formatted term paper investigating their own development from a biological, cognitive, and psychosocial perspective. The paper must include an APA formatted title and reference page, which is not included in the six page minimum requirement. Students are expected to examine their development from birth until their current age. A minimum of six scholarly sources must be included to support the theories used to explain a student’s development.

Suggested questions to consider answering throughout the paper (you certainly do not have to answer all of these):

Biological:  Your mother’s pregnancy with you, genetic influences (what physical or personality traits do you believe you inherited from your parents?), nutrition, immunizations, brain development, physical activities, puberty/sexual maturation, illnesses, motor skills (fine and gross), sensory development, learning disabilities

Cognitive: Your development through Piaget’s stages, language development, Vygotsky’s theory, early educational experiences, memory development

Psychosocial: Emotional development, attachment to caregivers as infant, play, gender development, moral development, peer groups/peer pressure, relationships with parents as older child, drug use

Contrast the medical model of psychological disorders with the biopsychosocial approach to disordered behavior. How does this relate to Community Psychology?

Do you think different types of life traumas -- for example, loss of a job, death of a spouse, divorce, or a major health problem -- would prompt a person to refocus on different previous developmental solutions? Please describe solutions that you believe a person in middle adulthood would use to cope with traumas, and factors that might influence how well or how poorly the person copes.

Would you allow yourself to be connected to Nozick’s “Experience Machine” for the rest of your life? Why or why not? What do you believe this thought-experiment shows us about what we find important in life?

Explain how you would use your understanding of ONE of the major developmental theories to deal with eachof the difficulties listed below:

a. Your infant daughter puts everything in her mouth, including the dog's food. b. Youreight-year-old son is failing math; all he cares about is baseball.

c. Your two-year-old daughter refuses to wear the clothes you pick for her every morning, which makesgetting dressed a twenty-minute battle.

d. Your sixty-eight-year-old neighbor is chronically depressed and feels she has wasted her life.

e. Your 18-year-old daughter has decided not to go to college. Instead she’s moving to Colorado to becomea ski instructor.

f. Your 11-year-old son is the class bully.

Active Listening Active listening is a key part of communication. What does active listening look like and how do you practice it? Be sure to support your answer.

Sex Offender Registry

Describe the sex offender registry within King County. Then take a moment to search the Internet for sex offenders registered in your neighborhood. Once you have completed this describe your reaction to the data you found and whether or not you feel the program is warranted. Be sure to support your answer.

What three qualities would you say best distinguish between the effective and the ineffective conversationalist? Please explain in detail and provide examples.

what advice will you give a new clinical therapist?

If you were a malpractice attorney, would you advise hospital administration to immediately admit to their medical errors (i.e., confess guilt)? Or, would you instead rely on the legal system to demonstrate liability or lack thereof? Why?

Effective communication among teams is often understood within the framework of social exchange theory. Describe this theory, and list two key characteristics in a social exchange interaction.