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There are five (5) things that you MUST address in the written assignment.

The guidelines are:

Select a significant event (either positive or negative) that occurred before you reached adulthood and that has had a life-shaping effect on your life. In this assignment, you will use what you've learned in Weeks 1 thru 4 of this course and base your paper on your readings, along with information from library research, to discuss psychological aspects of your event.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Briefly describe your significant event (one to two [1-2] sentences).

2. Describe your event in terms of at least two (2) different perspectives in psychology (e.g., behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, cultural/social, etc.)

3. Determine what learning (e.g., classical, operant, etc.) may have resulted from your event, or arisen because of your event.

4. Discuss why the memory of the event you described may or may not be completely accurate.

5. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: One of these resources may be your textbook. Articles from professional journals are certainly a high quality resource. Magazine and newspaper articles are also accepted for this assignment. Articles published on the Internet may also be suitable, if they originate with credible persons or organizations. Please note that articles from Wikipedia, ask.com, and the like are not suitable.
Please remember that your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA (American Psychological Association).

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
GUIDES FOR WRITING PAPERS and APA-STYLE
can be found at
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
https://www.apastyle.org/  

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Solution file includes abstract

Abstract

Events occur throughout life and some events are of great importance's which are remembered throughout life. Some events may be positive while some may be negative in nature. Events plays very important role in the life of individual because it is these events which contributes in shaping the personality of life. Some of the common events of one's life are accidents,serious illness, divorce, retirement, arrest, financial pressures, pregnancy, etc. Some events are the turning points in life and give the direction or objective to the person. These events get stored in the memory and are recovered according to the situation depending on the type and effect of event. For instance, there are some events which teaches us important lesson of life while some events creates stress and may even result in several health problems.