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the instructions are below please no plagiarism no spilling and grammar mistakes .
You are required to apply principles of adult development to
two of the
topics described below. These papers should be 4 – 5 pages.
app style no errors please
Essays – Choose 3 among the following in any order
1) Interview a close family member (parent, aunt, uncle, gr
andparent) about
changes associated with marriage, parenting and family life.
You must
incorporate at least three
principles of marriage and family covered in this
course. Use your text, readings and class notes.
2) Write your own fictional obituary based on material studi
ed in this course,
assuming you pass away in later adulthood. You must include
information
regarding four
themes in this course.
3) Reconstructive surgery and “turning back the clock.” Incorporate
at least
THREE of the themes studied in this course in your analysis of
why individuals
elect various plastic surgeries in an effort to appear youthfu
l. Please include two
articles in this essay and you must refer to your text and/or class no
tes.
4) Discuss one normative and one non-normative life events that
have taken
place in your life
or in the life of a family member
. Analyze the life events in
terms of at least four topics we’ve studied in this course (copin
g with stress,
physical health, mental health, personal relationships)
5) Interview one or two people in middle or later adulth
ood about their work
and occupational life. Did their work life change over th
e years? Were they
satisfied with their work? Why or why not. How do they fee
l about
retirement? What advice do they offer you
about your career choices? You
must incorporate at least three topics covered in this course.
I think number 5 would be better to write about . and please feel free to ask questions.
text book find it online Cavanaugh, J.C. & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2019).
Adult Development and Aging
Boston, Cengage.
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Psychology Paper
4. Normative and one non-normative life events
Normative events are those that are readily expected to happen due to various factors. In the
same way, the non-normative events are those that occur without any prior expectation and thus
result in a surprise to the victims as well as the people around.
Normative event that has occurred in life
One of the normative events that I witnessed in my life was one relating to a close cousin who
had just gotten an early retirement from the army. The retirement came after the cousin and other
colleagues were attacked by liberals in the battle field from where my cousin suffered some
injuries. However much the war was not expected, there are various aspects that we believed
would happen to the cousin even after exiting the battle ground. This is because he was still
under shock after going through the terrifying ordeal in the hands of the terrorists.
Physical health
After suffering in the hands of the terrorists, my cousin had his physical health deteriorate. This
is because he had the bullet wounds. Therefore, he was unstable and had to be taken to the
hospital. Due to the various operations that he had to go through, the health condition became
worse. This was all expected as we already knew that he had suffered from gun shots. Thus,
there was no way out but to accept the poor condition to have the bullets removed from the body.
Coping with stress
It was also expected that the cousin would be quite stressed after getting out of the battle field.
First, this is a job that he loved and talked about every time and then. As a result, this was a great
loss to him as he would not be able to get back there. In addition, the scenario that my cousin
went through was quite terrifying to remember. Having lost some of the colleagues in the war
was quite painful. We therefore expected that my causing would have to cope with a certain level
of stress and therefore would prefer some of his favorite methods of dealing with it. For instance,
my cousin preferred taking some whisky to deal with some of the stressing moments in life. It
was therefore expected that he would take in some more whisky inn trying to come into terms
with what had already happened.
Personal relationships
My cousin had many of his friends in the military. The occurrence therefore would make his
matters worse. I had known my cousin as one person who is quite choosy when it comes to
friends. He always preferred to mingle with the people of his level and career, and who they
shared common interest. However, it was therefore expected that his social life would
deteriorate. He would be unable to interact better with other people away from the army camp.
This is all what it turned out to be. My cousin became a dull person who really interacted with
the society members. He turned out to be a person of few friends, and only selected the friends
mainly from the family members.
Mental health
The ordeal that met my cousin was not as easy as mentionin...