Friday, April 19, 2013

Adjustment Class Essay Question


Due the last day of class 
Choose an option below and discuss it applying 4 key concepts (ie bolded key terms) from the book or lecture (hint: check the chapters on personality, attachment, social attitudes, love and friendship or stress). Your essay should be TYPED, double spaced, and 1 page minimum, 3 maximum.
Note I have been intentionally open regarding your topic, but it should fall under one of the below options

Option 1: Relating concepts to your own experience
Choose a situation or event from your own life or the life of an immediate family member such as your spouse, sibling or child.
You might discuss
How you understand the situation better because of the book concepts,
how decisions or circumstances could have been differently in retrospect or
what YOU might have done differently
Specifically, you might discuss:
Bullying
Growth and Identity Development
Early Childhood experience and mental health in later life
Physical and mental effects of stress
Love and marriage (see the sternberg triangle concept)
Anything else you choose
Option 2. Discuss one of the following topics using the same method, but requires 2 additional references since it may not be personally relevant (refs can include wikipedia, youtube, etc)
human trafficking in atl
Pro ano anorexia websites
bullying
Growth and Identity Development
Early Childhood experience and mental health in later life  
Be sure to bold and underline the book concepts and reference 2 additional sources you used