Assignment Task: Developmental Forces and Successful Aging Survey and Research
Assessment Description:
This assignment challenges you to examine the multifaceted forces that influence human development and facilitate successful aging. Please type into the attached document "Development Forces and Successful Aging Survey and Research" which contains detailed information on assignment completion. You will interview three adults from different periods of life (early, middle, and late adulthood). The information gathered needs to include the major developmental forces that have influenced them as a person and their opinions regarding successful aging. Once you have collected the interviewees' information, locate supportive research that complements your interviews and complete the worksheet by typing your answers directly into this worksheet. Please use at least two current, scholarly resources in addition to your textbook (three sources total).
Assignment Directions: Please use at least two resources beside your textbook (three sources total). Include proper in-text citations within your responses using the current APA formatting and include a reference list at the end of the paper.
Part I: Biopsychosocial Forces
Define each of the major developmental forces below and include at least three examples for each.
1. Biological:
o Definition:
o Examples:
2. Psychological:
o Definition:
o Examples:
3. Sociocultural:
o Definition:
o Examples:
4. Lifecycle:
o Definition:
o Examples:
Part II: Interviewee Responses
In 75-100-words per age category/interviewee, summarize the significant forces that have shaped their lives. Hint: you might ask questions like, "How do you think your culture (e.g., religion, ethnicity), generation, education, etc. influenced your life?"
- Responses for early-adulthood interviewee (20s-40s)
- Responses for middle-adulthood interviewee (40s-60s):
- Responses for late-adulthood interviewee (65 and over):
Which force(s) had the strongest influence on your interviewee's development (e.g., mental, physical, spiritual)? (50-75 words) Hint: This might be different for each of your interviewees but try to find commonalities if possible.
In 75-100 words, discuss how their response lines up with academic research. Hint: you might share research that supports or refutes one of their experiences with child rearing, divorce, racism, trauma, addiction, career, etc.
Part III: Successful Aging
In 50-75 words per question, please answer the following:
- Interview each person regarding their perception of "successful aging" and summarize your results. Hint: What advice did they give you? What might they have done differently?
- What commonalities did your interviewees share, if any?
- Do you feel their age influenced their response? Why or why not?
- What other factors influenced their responses (e.g., spiritual beliefs, physical health)?
- How do their responses line up with the academic research? Hint: you might share a study that aligns with their advice