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- he purpose of the lifeline interview project is to encourage you to think about key developmental issues that impact yourself and a relative or other adult (ideally born in a different developmental stage than yourself, such as a parent or grandparent. This allows you to examine how external forces may impact the lives of others. You should have completed the interview (Refer to the Week 3 Assignment) and developed timelines (as discussed in the Week 3 Assignment). For your Week 4 assignment, you should now take the gathered information and relate it to theories. The intent of this paper is to gain greater insight into how developmental issues influence yourself and someone in a different developmental stage. * Do not turn in the interview. You are writing a paper and generating timelines for your relative and yourself. Writing the LifeLine Paper: Write a summary of your interview. The summary should include:
What were 2 or 3 important life events in your relative’s life and how did those events affect them.
What were 1 or 2 historical events in your relative’s life, and how did those events influence his/her life? Identify Erikson’s developmental stage the important life events and the historical events that occurred? Relate critical turning points in your relative’s life to social and cognitive development to explain the impact of each event.
Identify critical turning points in your own life, some that you have experienced already and some that you anticipate. Relate these points to theories about social and cognitive development to explain the impact of each event.
Compare your relative’s lifeline and yours in your paper (be sure to include the timeline as a separate attachment or in the same Word document).What are the similarities and differences in the timing of events between your relative and yourself?
What are the possible reasons for those similarities and differences?
How do these events transform you or your relative to “different” people?Grading Criteria: The grading criteria for this paper will be based on how well you are able to relate your gathered material to theories in developmental psychology. Your paper should be a minimum of 4 pages plus the timelines. Papers will be graded on the following criteria:
APA format: 10 points
Timelines: 20 points
Breadth/Depth: 20 points
Incorporation of theories: 30 points
Discussion of developmental stages and impact addressed: 20 points
Please click on the ” Week 4 Assignment: Interview” link above to go to this week’s assignment. Your assignment is due on Sunday at midnight. - Ask Questions
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Born December 17, 1954
Graduated from high school in 1973
Attended Athen’s Technical college in 1974
Graduated in 1975
Begin working as licensed nurse in 1976
Got married in 1978
Moved to Atlanta Georgia in 1979
Began working at Georgia Baptist medical center
1980 grandmother passed she raised me had to take leave from work
due to depression
Began working at Emory university
2000 got divorce
2002 remarried
2011 husband died
2012 went on disability due to injury
2012 started college at South university online
2014 graduated with bachelor’s degree I Allied health
2015 Got baptized as one of Jehovah witnesses
2016 graduated with master’s degree I public Health
2018 opened daycare center
2019 started Keiser University
2021 graduated with master’s in psychology
2022 started PhD in psychology at Keiser University
I had polio as a child and was hospitalized numerous times for
corrective surgeries on my left hand, arm, and shoulder. My mother
neglected me as a child, left me with her mother at age 10. My mother,
father and mother raised me and three brothers, the grandparents
were very caring and nurturing. I attempted suicide at age 17 due to
peer pressure. Diagnosed with diabetes in 2004, have severe arthritis
and severe knee pain, going to have knee replacement in 2023. I have
no biological children, raised twin great nephews that were born in
March 2009.
My aunt life line
MY aunt birthday January 9, 1943
Started school1970 age 7
Graduated from high school 1963
Attended Athens technical college in 1965
1965 got nursing aid certificate
1966 started working as a maid in the hospital
1967 start working as nursing assistant age 18 –30
1968 got pregnant with daughter, not married to daughter father
Daughter was taken by the father mother.
Age 30-40 worked various jobs to help support daughter in retail stores
Got married in 1969 moved into house in 1969
Was pregnant when she got married had miscarriage
Was unable to have another child because of female problems
Age 45-60 had many surgeries and adopted two children one in
1972,and 1973 lived in Athens Georgia for her entire life. Lost her
oldest brother in 1970 and that was an event in her life that was
devastating. Mother passed in 1980, which was devastating , lost father
in 1997 due to cancer, mother died from heart attack, had stroke
before heart attack. Lost brother at age 26. As a child we were poor but
raised with much love by our parents. The historical events in my life
were losing family members and having to be poor as a child. I skinny
dipped and played with my siblings, we created many games to play
and kept us occupied. We were poor and I had to pick cotton to buy
many of my school supplies. My life was full of historical events
because of the many surgeries I had throughout my life such as cancer
of the breast and other surgeries. I have had almost 50 surgeries or
more in my life time. I retired at age 70 and traveled with family.
Interview Assignment
Life Line
Your goal this week is to conduct an interview with a relative who is the same sex as you are (or close friend if you don’t have a relative you feel comfortable interviewing). The goal of the interview is to examine the formative developmental events in your relative or friend’s life, and to compare those events to your own projected life course. Based on the interview, you will construct a lifeline for your relative and yourself and write a brief paper summarizing the interview.
***It is important that the person you are interviewing is in a
different developmental life stage, such as a parent, aunt, or grandparent, and is older than you are***
A. Conducting the Lifeline
interviews:
To construct the lifelines, students need to conduct an interview with their same sex parent, grandparent, or other older relative. The interview can be in-person or over the telephone. (If you cannot interview your same sexed parent or grandparent for some reason, choose another same-sex relative or friend who was born at least 15 years before you were. If you are uncertain what to do, talk to Dr. Schmitt).
In the instructions below I use the word relative (but the same applies if it is a friend).
The interview should be conducted in the following way:
1.
Introduce the task: You can say something like: “I am doing an assignment for my class in Human Development and would like to ask you some questions about your life, the events that were important to you and any turning points.”
2.
Begin the questions: “Let’s begin with your
childhood, from your early years before high school. As you look back, what were some significant events.”
a.
For each event, be sure to find out how old your relative was at the time
.
b. “Pick out one event that was particularly important for you during this period of your life. What was it? How did it affect the direction of your life (what happened as a result, what was different)?
3.
Ask the same questions about each of later periods of life:
a. High school years
b. Young adulthood, 18-30
c. Early Middle adulthood, 30-45
d. Late middle adulthood, 45-65
e. Since turning 65.
4.
Structured questions about life events: Next, you want to cover a list of
3 common life events. Ask your relative about these events, if he or she has not already mentioned them. You can ask “Now let me ask you about some other specific events, and when they happened in your life. How old were you when you _________“
You can ask about the following events, if your relative does not mention them spontaneously (CHOOSE THREE):
1. Started school
2. Completed school and highest grade
3. Got your first job of any type
4. Got your first full-time job
5. Any significant job changes
6. Moved into own home or apartment (that is, no longer living with parents)
7. Went into the military
8. Got married
9. Had your first child
10. Had your other children
11. (If there were divorces and remarriages, ask about the dates)
12. Significant moves (from one part of the country to another)
13. When their parents died
14. Retired
5.
Historical events.
a.
If your relative has
not
already talked about any historical events, ask:
i. “What were some important historical events in your life?”
ii. For each event, find out how old your relative was at the time.
iii. “Which one had the most impact on you?”
iv. “How did it affect your life?”
b.
If your relative
has talked
about one or more historical events, ask:
i. Were there other important historical events in your life, besides the ones you mentioned already?
ii. For each new event, find out how old your relative was at the time.
iii. “Which one had the most impact on you?”
iv. “How did it affect your life?”
6. THANK YOUR RELATIVE FOR HELPING WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT.
B. Constructing the Life Lines:
· You can start working on constructing two life lines. The first one will be for your older relative and the second one for yourself. The life lines should be constructed on one piece of paper or on two pieces. Plot a line from birth to your relative’s current age, marking out 4 ages at 10 year intervals. Place along the line all the events your relative mentioned at the ages they took place.
This can be done on the computer or by hand (and then scanned into a JPEG).
· Construct your life line on the same paper as your relative’s. Your life line should end at the age you calculated in class for your life expectancy. Indicate your current age, and place events you consider important up to now. Then plot events that might take place in your future. You need to include normative life events, as well as a few non-normative events.
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