PSY/605 PSY605 PSY 605 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION
- ashford university / PSY 605
- 24 May 2018
- Price: $8
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PSY 605 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION
Discussion
Changing the Course of
Psychological Development |
Prior to completing this discussion, read the required materials
from the Shaffer (2011) text, as well as the Berzonsky (2004), Fiese (2013),
and Burkitt (2010) articles.
Review the PSY605: Mila Singer Life Story document. Choose one aspect of Mila’s
life to alter. This element can be an event, a personal characteristic, an
environmental factor, or an aspect of the timeline. In your initial post,
identify the original life story element you intend to change and explain how
you intend to change it. Use Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development to
explain Mila’s stage of development at the time this change takes place and
address how the change affects Mila’s psychological development into adulthood.
After identifying the initial change and describing it, create a
list of three additional outcomes in Mila’s development across the lifespan
that will likely be affected by this change. For each, identify the current
outcome in Mila’s life story and propose a rationale for changing this outcome.
Apply either Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory or Vygotsky’s
sociocultural theory to Mila’s life to create a hypothesis as to how and why
these outcomes would likely adjust due to the changes you have made.
Briefly summarize your personal reaction(s) to making the initial
change and how it altered the subsequent outcomes. Explain how differences in
life events create differences in human development.
Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues’ posts
and respond to at least two of your peers who altered different life events
than you by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your
required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive
discourse in this discussion. Identify outcomes that were similar to and
different from those in your initial post. Apply the principles of equifinality
and multifinality from the Schaffer (2011) reading to draw comparisons between
the initial changes and outcomes within Mila’s life story that you and your
classmate noted. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m.
(Mountain Time) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your
initial post.