Procedural Steps 1. Pick a specific period of childhood or adolescence from your life that you can recount and summarize key elements of your recalled experience. 2. Compare and contrast your experience with the material covered in class, reflecting the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial domains

Assignment Questions to Answer

1. Pick a period of time from your own life. Clearly note the developmental period (e.g., middle childhood; include your age). Describe elements of your life that you recall from that period (include elements in your recollection that reflect the three broad domains from the course - biosocial, cognitive, psychosocial). If you pick a very specific event and/or a brief time period, ensure that you have enough detail so that your summary will not be too limited to be able to evaluate/analyze it in the later assignment questions. Recount your memories of this time period, giving specific examples and details. Feel free to omit elements that you would prefer not to share; ideally, you will be able to report accurately to allow you to engage in sufficient reflection on this chosen period of your life. 2. Compare and contrast your reflection with aspects of childhood/adolescent development covered in the class. Address all three domains: biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial. Within each domain, refer to relevant theory/research (which you select will depend on the age and circumstances). What elements of your reflection are consistent with the general trends or research findings from class? What elements are different from what might be considered a "typical" experience? Why do you think your experiences were consistent and/or different? 3. Now that you have learned more about the field of developmental psychology, how does this new knowledge influence the way you reflect back on and understand this period of your life? 4. As you engaged in this process of reflecting on your own experience based on what you have learned in this course, what surprised you? Why? In answering this question, make specific reference to your recollection