Human Development Term Paper

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Assignment: You will be required to write a seven-nine (7-9) page term paper (including title and reference page) on one of the topics listed below (Teratogens, Attachment, or Aging). Your term paper must be written in APA format and include a minimum of FIVE scholarly sources to support the information provided in your paper.

NOTE: You may use Galileo and Google Scholar to aid in your search for scholarly, credible sources.

OPTION 1–TERATOGENS

Create a Paper on Teratogens: Choose a minimum of 3 Teratogens for each of the four classes of teratogens shown below.

Classes of Teratogens:

• Physical agents like radiation or hyperthermia
• Metabolic conditions
• Infection
• Drugs and chemicals

Include the following information about each teratogen:

• Explain or define each of the teratogens.
• Describe how each teratogen could impact the developing embryo or fetus development problems.
• Describe what and how the possible cognitive impairments, physical impairments or deformities, and social/behavior problems could affect the child from infancy through childhood and/or adolescence and adulthood.

OPTION 2–ATTACHMENT

Create a Paper on Attachment Theory: Include the following information in your paper:

• What is Attachment theory?
• What is the Strange Situation procedure? Include the four interaction behaviors that are scored.
• Describe the four patterns of infant-parent attachment.
• What is parental synchronicity and how does synchronicity affect parent-infant relations? See how synchronicity is demonstrated in the following video:
• What are two possible long-term consequences of attachment quality in adolescence and adulthood?
• What does the research suggest about the impact of the stress of extreme or chronic poverty on attachment?

OPTION 3–AGING

Create a paper on Aging in Middle Adulthood and/or Late Adulthood: Include the following information in your paper:

• Describe (not list) common changes in health (3 changes), sensory functions (3 changes), and cognitive and memory (3 changes) of adults in middle adulthood or late adulthood.
• Describe at least three ways that older adults can promote their health while aging.
• Describe at least two psychosocial developmental theories that explain the changes in middle or late adulthood. Be sure to describe the changes that adults face during middle or late adulthood according to these theories.

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Please see the Term Paper Rubric for all grading details.