HLSC 1170 Human Development Across the Lifespan

The goal of this assignment is to personally assess aspects of development that were covered in the course. In a 7-8 page, double- spaced paper comment on the following:  
1. Describe 3 concepts from the textbook that apply to you in your current stage of development; identify the concept, define it, and explain how it applies by giving examples.  
2. Describe 2 concepts of development that were evident in your life at a previous stage; identify the concept, define it, and explain how it applies by giving examples.  
3. Describe 2 concepts that were either missing, atypical, or unnoticeable; identify the concept, define it, and explain how it applies by giving examples.  
4. Describe any personal or contextual factors that influenced your development (eg. things that occurred in your environment, a specific incident, physical or mental health issues).  
5. Based on your descriptions, would you assess your overall development as typical or atypical? Explain why.  
6. Identify two interventions you could implement in your life currently that would promote healthy development. Describe specifically how you would implement them and why they will be beneficial (eg. impact on physical, cognitive, and/or 
social development).  

The textbook can be the main source of information (concepts, descriptions); you are also expected to include 3 additional academic sources that apply to some aspect of the paper. For example, if you were commenting on self efficacy, you would define it as the belief in one’s ability to cause an intended outcome and then explain how this applies in your life, for example, being cut from the soccer team made you practice more so that you could make the team in the future, therefore increasing the level of self efficacy as you were not going to give up on the goal of playing soccer. (you would likely have a fuller description in your paper).