Paper Assignment: Adolescence
Length: 6 to 8 pages.
Write a paper reviewing your experiences during adolescence. In your paper, remember to include the life span perspective concepts of a biological, psychosocial, social, and cultural perspective. Your paper should address significant issues and life events that you experienced during adolescence and the effect these events and issues had on you at the time and may currently still have. (Issues that should be addressed (minimum of one) include sexuality, drugs, peer pressure, body image, and family dynamics.) Discussion of at least 3 theories must be integrated into your paper. Show how the theories can be used to explain behavior. For example, you may want to discuss how social learning theory may explain adolescent involvement with certain friends.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.