Reference no: EM133635468 , Length: 4 pages

Assignment:

Middle and Late Adulthood - A Research Paper

Write about middle OR late adulthood. This will be a research paper.

Your paper should describe developmental expectations based on course concepts and research during middle OR late adulthood for FIVE(5) of the topics below. You select the five (5) topics you want to address.

• Physical decline, health, and longevity
• Midlife change
• Stressors
• Cognitive functioning and memory decline
• Career patterns, work experiences, and retirement
• Family and nonfamily social roles and relationships
• Mental disorders and issues
• Religion and faith
• Personality
• Elder abuse

Explain what a person might expect from the stage of adulthood (middle OR late) that you are addressing. Use concepts from the textbook "Santrock, J.W., (2019) Essentials of Life-Span Development (6th ed.) New York; McGraw Hill". (especially Chapters 13 to 16). Course concepts include, but are not limited to, terminology, theories, and research. You should also conduct additional research on your chosen topics and use at least two quality resources in addition to your text. Be sure to cite your text and other resources when necessary by using the authors' names and the page number(s)-for example, (Crandell et al., 100). Your written paper should be a minimum of four pages double-spaced, but you may exceed the four pages.

Set up your paper as follows:

• Introduction - Explain the five topics you will write about and whether you will address middle adulthood, late adulthood, or both for each topic.
• Body - Provide a separate heading for each of the five topics you selected and then provide an in-depth exploration of the topic regarding expectations for the adulthood stage(s) you plan to write about.
• A brief conclusion of the most important points in the body of your paper