PSYC 290N
Week Six
$ 10USD
36 years, 6 months = 4 Points
1. What parts of development do you predict might stay the same as you move into and through your adulthood years? What might influence this stability as you
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PSYC 290N
Week Six
$ 10USD
36 years, 6 months = 4 Points
1. What parts of development do you predict might stay the same as you move into and through your adulthood years? What might influence this stability as you mature?
36 years, 6 months = 4 Points
2. Think of some aspects of personality or cognition and development that might change as you grow older. Do you expect more influence of nature/genetics or nurture/experience in these areas of your development? How would one know whether nature or nurture plays more of a role in these aspects of change over time?
36 years, 6 months = 4 Points
3. In your Virtual Life, you had two children; what sorts of factors might lead individuals to NOT raise children in their lifetime, whether by personal choice or not? Regarding intentional choices to not have children, what sorts of variables within your control would you take into consideration?
40 years = 4 Points
4. You are in a wonderful, committed marriage and are enjoying the benefits of support and companionship that your spouse provides. You can't imagine life without your partner. One day your spouse comes home from work with some shocking news about a coworker friend who is having jealousy issues in her marriage because of a friendship with a male friend-- her husband is upset that she has gotten to be close with another person other than him. Your partner asks you how you feel personally about this situation. What might you say to your partner as advice to share with this co-worker?
40 years = 4 Points
5. Do you see yourself as the kind of person that will stay in the same job for a long time, perhaps into retirement, or as more of a job climber who will jump from one position to the next in order to climb the professional ladder? What factors would you be likely to prioritize as you make such decisions? What do theories of career development predict in terms of personal growth and achievement of career goals?
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