Your final paper is a summative activity for the course. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon your personal developmental history
specifically related to two [2] important developmental events or milestones you experienced in your life. These events should be based on a conflict,
challenge, or crisis you experienced and overcame. Choose events from any part of your lifespan from conception through to the here-and-now.
Please cover the following in your paper:
– What was the nature of the challenge, crisis, or conflict? Why was it meaningful for you at the time? What did this conflict symbolize for you
in terms of your personal journey?
– Describe contextual elements family dynamics, role of culture and society, intrapsychic as well as interpersonal elements. What forces were
at play in the formation of this conflict?
– How was the crisis or challenge resolved? Was it resolved? What did the resolution look like?
– Apply at least 3 concepts from course material in order to assess/interpret yourself and your conflict, challenge or crisis?
Books to use:
Inside lives by margot waddell
the life cycle completed by erik erikson
Lenses: applying lifespan development theories in counseling- Ch.7: Erik and Joan Erikson’s approach to human development in counseling
Invitation to the Life Span, Fifth Edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger- ch.1
Article: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/teachereducationx92x1/chapter/kohlbergs-stages-of-moral-development/