Research paper on human growth and development

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Writing the Final Research Paper

The Final Paper: Your final research paper for the class will be a reflective paper. Watch the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and write a final paper (5 - 6 pages of contest; title page and reference page are not included in total page count) that includes research, brief summary of the movie (no more than two paragraphs), correlations between the movie and topics within the Human Growth and Development course, and how the movie correctly and/or incorrectly portrays developmental theory. Specifically, you will want to review the stages that Benjamin goes through in comparison to Vygotsky, Piaget and Erickson's Stages of development (the main focus of the assignment)

Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length ( 500-750 words), and formatted according to APA formatting. This includes a title page, five to six pages of the body of the paper (including a conclusion), and the reference page.

Must include a title page.

Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.

Must contain at least one reference from the course text.

Must document all sources in APA style.

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style.

*Please rent the movie from your local library or you can rent it on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/The-Curious-Case-Benjamin-Button/dp/B00241YHMU

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Running head: HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research paper on human growth and development
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HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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Human Growth and Development
This research focuses on the correlation between the main character's growth and
development in the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and the theories of
development. The specific arguments are; Erikson theory of psychosocial development, Piaget's
cognitive development theory and Vygotsky's theory of proximal development. This research
will discuss Benjamin's progress from birth to the end of his life in connection to the topics of
human growth and development.
Movie Summary
The film tells a story about Benjamin Button who starts aging backward with bizarre
consequences. It begins with an elder woman in bed asking her daughter to read a diary of
Benjamin Button. The main character is born with signs of old age and has a reverse growth
where he grows younger with age. His mother dies at birth, and his father leaves him at a nursing
home for the old. Queenie takes care of him and later her husband. He looks old but is
psychologically and mentally mature.
He meets Daisy at the home when she is visiting her grandmother. He gets old while
growing younger physically. He gets a job and travels to various cities where he gets into a
relationship. He goes to war, returns, falls in love with Daisy and live together for some years
and even have a daughter. He later deserts Daisy and their child afraid of their daughter
observing his abnormal process of getting young. He comes back a very young man. Daisy takes
care of him like a child, and he finally dies a newborn baby.

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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Infancy
Benjamin is born in New Orleans after World War I. His mother dies in childbirth and
his father, Thomas, abandons him at a nursing home because of his old looks. He is tak...


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