Honors Psychology
Life Span Development
TIMELINE PROJECT
Objective: Identify events from your past, present and future life, apply a developmental stage to the events and
explain how and why the event is an example of the stage of development chosen.
Purpose: Create a timeline to examine and analyze YOUR life span development via the theories and stages
discussed in the Life Span Development unit:
1. Physical
2. Cognitive (Jean Piaget)
3. Moral (Lawrence Kohlberg)
4. Social (Erik Erikson)
Event Requirements:
1. Choose the way you wish to display your timeline for the project such as Word, PowerPoint, iMovie,
Prezi, Poster, book or any other way you can think of and CHECK WITH ME before doing.
2. Create a list of at least 10 events from your: past (4 events), present (3 events),
and IDEAL future- (3 events)
a. You must go at LEAST 20 years into the future. (40 years old).
3. A picture must be included with EACH event.
a. Pictures can be from clip art, personal photos, drawings, etc…
Event Requirement EXAMPLE
Each event must include ALL of these (in this order):
i. Title (make it fun!)
1. “Potty Animal”
ii. Age
1. “Two years old”
iii. Type of development and correct stage name that we used in class.
(Puberty and menopause are the only physical stages you are required to NAME IF
you use them for PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT events)
1. “Social Development Stage 2- Autonomy vs Doubt”
iv. Event Description (maximum 3 sentences telling me what happened)
1. “I started potty training when I was almost two years old and it was an amazing
experience! Every time I used the big boy potty my mom would clap for me and
tell me how proud I was making her (sometimes even give me ice cream!). When
I did have one of my many accidents, she never ridiculed me, instead she would
ALWAYS encourage me to just keep trying because she said, “everyone has
accidents Jeffy, but what is important is that we all just keep TRYING to get
better.”
v. Picture
UNDER THE PICUTRE
Developmental Stage application REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Include an explanation of HOW and WHY the event is an example of the development stage you chose.
(3-5 sentences MAXIMUM for each event)
a. Make sure to include details from the Event Description that connect the event to the stage of
development you chose, required vocab and suggested vocab.
Example
“Potty training was a major social developmental event in my life and luckily I had a
favorable outcome in this stage. My mother never criticized me for attempting to use the
big boy potty and she also never ridiculed me if I had an accident. During this stage of
social development I developed confidence in my ability to try new things, make choices
on my own and be independent during my later years because my mother gave me
constant positive reinforcement and reassurance. Thanks mom!”
2. You CANNOT use a stage more than ONCE. (You can use Concrete Operational Stage AND Formal
Operational Stage, but CANNOT use Concrete Operational Stage TWICE.)
1. Physical Development (The body/biological changes)
a. Maximum 2 events
b. Minimum 1 event
2. Cognitive Development (Piaget)
a. Maximum 3 events
b. Minimum 2 events
3. Social Development (Erikson)
a. Maximum 3 events
b. Minimum 2 events
4. Moral Development (Kohlberg)
a. Maximum 3 events
b. Minimum 2 events
Submission:
 DUE ON Tuesday, October 27th.
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You must have your project ready to submit ON TUESDAY.
Computer files must be emailed, no flash drives!!!
(jbaird@rlas-116.org).
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Please save/email your project as Last name, First initial, Class period (Baird, J 8) Prezi or other websites
links must be emailed to teacher TUESDAY.
“This project is all about YOU! I want you to think about yourself and how you’re developing; this
project could be a major wake up call for some of us, or reassurance in our journeys. Either way,
this project will give you back exactly what you put into it.”
Required Vocab
(You will NOT use all of these, but you MUST use some of them.)
Type of
Development
Physical
(2 max)
Puberty
Menopause
Cognitive
(2-3)
Sensorimotor
Pre-Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
Moral
(2-3)
Avoid Punishment
Selfish
Conformity and Approval
Law and Order
Human Rights
Human Ethics
Social
(2-3)
Trust vs Mistrust
Autonomy vs Doubt
Initiative vs Guilt
Industry vs Inferiority
Identity vs Confusion
Intimacy vs Isolation
Generativity vs Selfabsorption
Integrity vs Despair
Suggested Vocab
(These terms have been discussed in class and could potentially make your project better, but they are not
required to be used.)
WORDS ARE IN A RANDOM ORDER
Motor skills
Conservation
Object
permanence
Separation
anxiety
Learning
Conservation
Retrospect
Trial and error
Socialization
Conformity
Punishments
Animistic
thinking
Right and
wrong
Reflex
Symbolic
thought
Personality
Moral reasoning
Accommodation
Assimilation
Self-awareness
Role-play
Identification
Imagination
Maturation
Schemas
Senses
Experience
Social interactions
Self-esteem
Teratogens
Deductive
reasoning
Perception
Self-image
Confidence
Egocentric
Values
Intelligence
Hypothetical
What if scenarios
Observe
Abstract
Contemplate the future
Irreversibility
Conditioning
Language
Identity crisis
Rational
thinking
Consequences
Seriation
Reason
Logic
Imitation (monkey see,
monkey do)
Mental processes
A not B error
Social order
Problem solving
Independence/dependence
Memory
shame
Rewards
Checklist for Success
Physical
1-2 events
Cognitive
2-3
Moral
2-3
Social
2-3
Title for EACH event
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Age you were for EACH event
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Correct stage name for EACH
event and stages only used
ONCE
*will only have a stage
name if the stage you
use is Puberty or
Menopause*
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Yes or No
Developmental Events
Required amount
How many do you have
Event description for EACH
event
(Maximum 3 sentences)
Picture for EACH event
Explanation of why and how
your event is an example of
the stage chosen.
(3-5 sentences each)
Did you use required vocab for
EACH event
Did you use any suggested
vocab for your events
Yes or No
*Only possibilities are
puberty and
menopause*
Yes or No
Did you complete at least 10 events
Yes or No
Did you read the directions
Yes or No
Did you read the rubric
Yes or No
Did you check the website
Yes or No
Did you check your project using the rubric
Yes or No
Did you save your project as (Last name, first initial, class period)
Yes or No
Did you put your name on your project
Yes or No
Example of **EXACTLY** how a stage **WILL** be written and set-up!
Potty Animal
Two years old
Social Development Stage 2- “Autonomy vs Doubt”
I started potty training when I was almost two years old and it was an amazing experience! Every time I used the
big boy potty my mom would clap for me and tell me how proud I was making her (sometimes even give me ice
cream!). When I did have one of my many accidents, she never ridiculed me, instead she would ALWAYS
encourage me to just keep trying because she said, “everyone has accidents Jeffy, but what is important is that we
all just keep TRYING to get better.”
Potty training was a major social developmental event in my life and luckily I had a favorable outcome in this
stage. My mother never criticized me for attempting to use the big boy potty and she also never ridiculed me if I
had an accident. During this stage of social development I developed confidence in my ability to try new things,
make choices on my own and be independent during my later years because my mother gave me constant positive
reinforcement and reassurance. Thanks mom!