In a Life-Narrative Journal, you are required to analyze one or more people’s lives in theoretical terms,

based on developmental concepts that you have learned in this class. That person (or those persons) can be
you, one or more others, and/or one or more completely fictitious people to whom you will apply course
concepts using your own creative license. If you elect to use your own life for developmental periods that
you have not yet encountered (e.g., you are 25 years old and have not yet entered into middle or late
adulthood), please use your own creative license to write in hypothetical terms about what you think might or could realistically happen to you in the developmental periods that lie ahead of you.
The sole aim of this learning assignment is to allow you to apply your working knowledge of
developmental concepts beyond the confines of this class. Nothing more is intended. That said, as I am
not a licensed therapist and this class is not designed to serve in a therapeutic role, if you include entries
about your own life and/or the life of others whom you know, I ask that you not disclose anything of a
remotely personal or sensitive nature that even hints in the slightest of the need for a professional
therapeutic intervention.

1)  Your journal must include 28 numbered entries related to each of the following seven

developmental periods: (a) infancy (0 - 2 years); (b) early childhood (2 - 6 years); (c) middle and late
childhood (7 - 12 years); (d) adolescence (13 - 19 years); (e) early adulthood (20 - 40 years);
(f) middle adulthood (40 - 65 years); and (g) late adulthood (65+ years). No extra credit will be given for
additional entries; however, more or less than 28 entries will lead to corresponding point deductions for not
properly following instructions.

In writing your entries, include 4 entries for each of these 7 developmental periods and arrange and
sequentially number (1 – 28) the entries in chronological order from infancy through late adulthood.
Each entry must consist of these two headings: (a) Description of Life Event and (b) Supporting
Developmental Concept(s). These headings need only appear atop the first typed page. If you do not wish
to use the tab feature in Microsoft Word or a similar feature in Mac to create column headings, you may use
Microsoft Excel or a comparable software program (e.g., a Microsoft-constructed table) to format and type
this assignment.

2)  In each entry, in boldface type in parentheses at the end of each Description of Life Event, you must
include the name of the developmental period (e.g., early childhood, middle adulthood) to which that life
event pertains. Similarly, in boldface type in the narrative of each Supporting Developmental Concept, you
must indicate the developmental concept (you may select more than one) to which the life event relates.