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papers must be at least 5-6 pages of text. The paper should be in APA style. Your citations and references should include at minimum the theories indicated in the guidelines below. This means that you describe EACH theory indicated on the outline and cite EACH using APA style. This paper must include at least one book reference (outside of the textbook) and one journal article from the RCC library databases. YOU CANNOT QUOTE THE INFORMATION FROM THE BOOK OR OTHER SOURCES. You must discuss the theories in your own words. You must still include all the theories and concepts on the outline below but in the form of a term/review paper. Please include enough information to indicate that you fully understand the theory.
Stage 1: Newborn and Infancy
Discuss your development of attachment using the four attachment patterns (p. 141). Include a brief of summary of EACH of the four attachment patterns and describe which pattern best describes your attachment pattern and why.
Briefly describe EACH of the temperament types (pp. 146). How would you classify yourself and why?
Stage 2: Preschool Years
Discuss Piaget’s preoperational stage of development (p 166). Include discussion of centration, conservation, and egocentric thinking. Use Piaget’s theory as a framework and describe your thinking and playing.
Use Vygotsky’s social-cultural theory and describe your language and your schooling during this stage (p. 172). Include a brief summary of Vygotsky’s theory and how you language and schooling relate to his theory. Also include discussion of the zone of proximal development.
Describe the formation of your gender identity (pp. 183). Do you remember when you realized you were a boy/girl? Which theory from the book do you think relates to how you learned about what was expected of you as a boy or girl? Discuss the theory you chose.
Briefly discuss each of the child rearing styles (Baumrind, Maccoby & Martin, p. 188). Include a description of the style that best suits your parent(s) and why you chose that style. Relate you parent behaviors to the style you chose.
Briefly discuss each of the views of moral development on pages 194-195.
Stage 3: Middle Childhood
Refer to your resolution of Erikson’s stage of industry vs. inferiority. Include how Erikson describes this stage.
Using Kohlberg’s moral development theory, at which level would you have characterized your level of moral reasoning at this age (p. 240)? What did you choose the level you did? (Briefly describe the level you chose and relate your behaviors/thinking to the level you chose.) If you are a female, you may want to refer to the work of Carol Gilligan.
Describe family influences on your development (parent(s), siblings and/or other relevant family members, (p. 249) during this time. Do you think you would have turned out differently if your family life would have been different?
Stage 4: Adolescence
Describe how your experiences fit into Erikson’s theory of Identity vs. Identity confusion. Briefly describe the stage according to Erikson.
Describe your adolescent identity status according to James Marcia’s theory (p. 288). Include a brief description of each status. Include the concepts of crisis and commitment.
Describe and comment on the influence of your peer group (pp. 296-301). Were you popular? Were you part of a clique or crowd? Did you give in to peer pressure or did you try to pressure others?
Did you experiment with drinking/smoking(including vaiping)/other drugs (p. 268)? What types of intervention occurred as a result (if any)? According to your text, what factors are associated with drug use for adolescents?