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LSD403 Life Stages and Development - Torrens University
Assessment - Research Report
Task Summary
To consolidate your knowledge of life stages and development, for this assessment you are required to interview a person in the later years of their life and write a report on the impacts to their lifespan development.
The report needs to describe major developmental transitions experienced by the interviewee. Students will provide a more detailed description of one major developmental period and any disorders that may have emerged. Finally, a brief conclusion will focus on why gaining a clear understanding of developmental history might be important when counselling adults.
Context
This assessment task will consolidate your knowledge of human life stages, complex developmental processes and their impacts on people you will interact with professionally. It will assist you to acquire in-depth knowledge of lifespan theories of development for a range of contexts and allow you to apply this knowledge to counselling situations in your professional life. It will also enhance your interview skills.
Task Instructions
For this assessment, you are required to interview a person of middle or older age about their personal experiences during different life stages and submit a research report covering the impacts on human development across the lifespan.
During the interview, you must take notes and explore significant events the person has experienced during various developmental periods, including traumatic and positive experiences, and discuss how these have affected the person's life.
You are then to critically analyse the person's narrative in a report. In the analysis, you are expected to identify the major developmental periods of the person's life and the significant factors, such as trauma, that may have influenced changes during those periods (including any disorders that emerged), and discuss how these may have been shaped by biological, historical, social and cultural forces.
In your report, you are encouraged to use direct quotes from the interview participant. However, these are to account for no more than 200 words, and are to be specific to the themes being discussed.
You are required to obtain signed consent from the interview participant, using a form which can be downloaded from Blackboard in the Assessment 2 area. You should also use a pseudonym for the participant, and change any information that could specifically identify them.
Interview Considerations
In-depth (unstructured and semi-structured) interviewing is a major method of data collection in qualitative research. It involves asking an open-ended question in order to invite ‘story-telling', e.g., "Can you tell me the story of your life so far?" Although there is no specific order to follow when using this interview method, interviewers do use a checklist of topics to be covered as an interview guide to assist in focusing on the themes to be explored. A list of possible lifespan questions for consideration is downloadable from the link (Downloadable Questions)
Students are encouraged to start with this assessment as soon as possible in order to carry out the required practical aspects in a timely manner. This can also assist students in their readings as it will enable them to use the subject's circumstances as a frame of reference.
Referencing
It is essential that you use appropriate APA 6th style for citing and referencing research.
Attachment:- Life Stages and Development.rar