Devt+Scrapbook

For this assignment you are going to be creating a scrapbook of your own past, present, and future. So some of it you have to make up (unless you own a Tardis...) This assignment is worth 50pts and is due Oct 10th. You may create the scrapbook online or with paper, the choice is yours. This will be deeply personal and will be an individual project, though of course you may seek input from your parents/guardians/zookeepers. This is a very major project that you must do solo unless your twin is in the class.

Essentially, you are making a timeline of your life, dividing it into the following stages: prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. (Obviously, you will have to ‘create’ your future).

In order to make the timeline, you will need some sort of scrap book. Keep in mind that there are so many things that happen at the ends (that includes conception to birth) of anyone's lifetime. Because of this you may want to give more space at the ends of the timeline. This means it is totally OK if it’s not mathematically to scale. Make sure to include the following psychologists’ theories/stages and explain how they relate to the different stages of your life: Erikson -Piaget’s -Kohlberg -Kubler-Ross but the trick is to integrate them throughout and to not just jump from one to the next, understanding the connections is key. You need to see each stage of life and which theorist says goes on at each stage. I repeat, do NOT have an Erikson page, a Kohlberg section, etc. synthesize these throughout your life so that you apply and learn the vocabulary and that is the entire point of the exercise.

Since there are many different psychologists from the text in this chapter you’ll want to leave room for their ideas too. Remember that you don't need to define (though you can if that is helpful to you) but you do need to apply or demonstrate understanding of each term from the e-text. You can find these terms in the psychsims, the ppt, and an incomplete list on the quizlet.

Be creative! Use baby pictures, magazine and newspaper images, and any other materials you think will enhance the project. Remember, this is individual, so make it a representation of your life and personality. These should include almost every vocabulary term for the chapter, even if it is, "only one egg was fertilized to become a __zygote__, so I am not a __twin.__" It is OK if there are no pictures of you, (I get that, I'm from the 70s, there are like 3 pictures of me) but a quick google will find lots of pictures of just about anything.

If yours is digital, please link it here in the discussion section, unless the images are just too personal. Then please email it to me. If yours is on paper of course hand it in.

__**Grading Scale:**__
 * Creativity and Aesthetics:** 10pts, earned by seeking out clever or novel ways of connecting the vocabulary to your timeline. Aesthetics are appearances, it should be legible and attractive. This is your life after all!
 * Content:** 30pts, earned by including over 40 terms from the chapter and theorists in your creation and accurately giving examples/applications of each. Please use only the most relevant...not developmental psychology...
 * Gestalt:** 10pts, earned by demonstrating how theorists overlap, how development is a process, and demonstrating understanding of this process.