1. Select a subject (person at least 3 years old)  who you know well enough to assess their developmental stages.
    
2. Select a Lifespan Development Theory (for example Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory or Piaget’s Cognitive Theory or Kohlberg's Moral Stage Theory).
    
3. Create a PowerPoint presentation using your selected Lifespan Development Theory to describe your subject’s development.
    
4. Apply Minimum of four (4) scholarly references – scholarly sources should be published within the last five (5) years AND be formatted in APA giving credit to the source via in-text citations and matching references. **NO WEBSITES ALLOWED!!! 

The presentation MUST include speaker notes   

Presentation Title: Assignment title, your name, the institution’s name, and date.

Section: Description of Lifespan Development Theory

• Explain each stage of the selected theory
   
• Include physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development from prenatal through the last stage of life.
   

Section: Biographical Information

• Collect and provide a brief overview of the subject’s biographical information, including information such as their age, gender, family structure, and living environment, education or employment setting, family socio-economic status, religious affiliation, ethnicity, or cultural elements, etc
   
• List and describe each stage of your subject’s developmental stages according to your selected theory including the subject’s present stage.
   
• Name and describe stages that your subject has not encountered yet.
   

Section: Sexual Orientation and Gender

• Define sexual orientation & gender identity based on Week 4's Lesson (Hint:  they are not synonymous concepts!). 
   
• Describe how the development of gender identity occurs based on your selected theory and its impact on personality & sexuality.
   

References 

APA formatted references on their own slide that match the citations in the SPEAKER NOTES you used! 

Again – The Requirements:

• Minimum of 4 scholarly references – scholarly sources should be published within the last five years
   
• APA formatted in-text citations and references for all the supporting evidence provided within the speaker notes.
   

Resources:

How to Create a PowerPoint

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-presentation-in-powerpoint-422250f8-5721-4cea-92cc-202fa7b89617

For Free Stock Pictures:

Adobe Sparks offers free photos that can be used within this program. 

https://pixabay.com/photos/

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