Psyc 2010 Winter 2023 Assignment 2
You are to pick only one of the following two options. Your paper will be a summary of
one of the following interviews.
For Option C:
You are to pick one young adult (19 to 39 years) OR middle-aged adult (40 to 64 years
old) to interview.
Due to any health concerns &/or need for schedule flexibility please consider conducting
your interview via the phone or other e-formats such as Zoom, FaceTime, and the like.
To maintain confidentiality when writing about your interviewee pls consider referring to
them as a letter (J) or as initials (JN). It is also perfectly fine to make up initials (KZ).
Before gathering specifics during the actual interview please consider sharing with your
interviewee what you have learned in the course regarding the biopsychosocial
framework with its life cycle factors. For instance, what makes me, me (or you, you) has
a lot to do with biological, psychological and social cultural factors affecting
development as well as significant life events that occur at specific times during
development. You may want to give specific examples from each category to assist with
the discussion.
Be sure to ask the interviewee the following questions but introduce them in a way that is
appropriate / authentic for you and them:
1. What role has your biology (genetics, neurochemistry, effects of medications,
immune responses, fight / flight / freeze responses, bodily response to stress,
etc…) played in your life thus far? [Aim to address at least two to three with the
interviewee. You are to write about two or more biological factors that impacted
their development.]
2. How has your psychology (sense of self, optimism or pessimism, learning style,
emotions, attitudes, memory, perceptions, beliefs, stress management strategies,
personality style, etc…) affected your life thus far? [Aim to address at least two to
three with the interviewee. You are to write about two or more psychological
factors that impacted their development.]
3. From a social perspective, what role did your sense of family, community,
connectedness, medical care and socioeconomics play in your life thus far? And
from a cultural perspective, what role did your awareness of and participation in
your culture &/or cultural practices play in your life thus far? [For these two
questions aim to address at least two or more with the interviewee. You are to
write about two or more sociocultural factors that impacted their development.]
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4. Looking back can you identify a couple of critical life events (the event and the
age when it occurred) that played a big role in your development? If so, can you
tell me a bit about these events? (If possible, please attempt to write about the
impact of two or more critical life events, their timing and likely impact upon
their development.)
For your Concluding paragraph please provide a summary of your interviewee’s life
and development. In addition. please be sure to address the following two tasks:
• Based upon their suspected chronological age where you would place them on
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Lifespan Development? Be sure to support
your answer.
• Based upon their life story (what you learned from the interview) where you
would place them on Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Lifespan
Development? Be sure to support your answer.
For Option D:
You are to pick only one older adult (65 years or older) to interview.
Due to any health concerns &/or need for schedule flexibility please consider conducting
your interview via the phone or other e-formats such as Zoom, FaceTime, and the like.
However, note that older folks may be more comfortable with a face to face interaction.
To maintain confidentiality when writing about your interviewee pls consider referring to
them as a letter (J) or as initials (JN). It is also perfectly fine to make up initials (KZ).
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Be sure to ask your interviewee the following questions:
1. Looking over your life so far what have been some of the highlights? [Aim to
discuss and write about at least two highlights.] Looking over your life so far
what have been some of the losses? [Aim to discuss and write about at least two
losses.]
2. Have you ever experienced death of a loved one? If so, can you tell me a bit
about it? According to your family or culture’s practices what are the methods or
ways of expressing grief? Were these followed or embraced by you during your
time of loss? And if so, what was their impact upon your journey?
3. If you could give one piece of advice to a young person on how to live, what
would you say? Why is this piece of advice important to you? When you were a
young adult, did you ever receive a piece of advice or wisdom for your journey?
If so, how did that bit of wisdom affect your choices &/or path?
4. Most days what brings you a sense of contentment or happiness? After your
death what do you think you will have left the world?
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For your Concluding paragraph please provide a summary of your interviewee’s life
and development. In addition. please be sure to address the following two tasks:
• Based upon their suspected chronological age where you would place them on
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Lifespan Development? Be sure to support
your answer.
• Based upon their life story (what you learned from the interview) where you
would place them on Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Lifespan
Development? Be sure to support your answer.
Important details regarding formatting and expectations:
This paper is a summary of your interview. Pls avoid a question-answer format.
It should be 4-5 pages in length (roughly 1000 words); it should be double-spaced; it
should use Times New Roman (or a different serif font) size 12 font. Please follow APA
format (7th edition) for all citations and references.
Be sure to note and/or include the following:
• A cover page (no running header is needed)
• Page numbers
• An introductory paragraph (where you discuss your purpose / which interview
you conducted and set the reader’s expectation)
• A concluding paragraph (where you present a short version of your interviewee’s
story &/or development, then address the outlined two questions)
• A minimum of 1 scholarly reference (this can be your textbook)
• Appropriate APA style in-text citation of scholarly references
• Appropriate APA style Reference page
• Refer to yourself as “this writer”, “this author” or something similar
• With personal communication, include citations in the body of the paper but not
on the Reference page because personal communication cannot be verified.
• This assignment will be marked out of 55 yet worth 15% of your total score in the
course. A self-evaluation accompanies this assignment. It is worth 5% toward
your final score in the course. Together these two aspects of Assignment 2 will be
worth 20% toward your final score in the course.
• Use the marking rubric posted in D2L to understand how your assignment will be
graded.

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