Psychology
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PY3150: Module 4 Human Nature and Personality Theories
Analysis 4.2
Psychosocial Development
1
Choose a famous personality and provide biographical background on his/her development through
childhood, adolescence, and adulthood to address the following:
Describe your subject’s upbringing and how this might have influenced the personality of the
individual.
Using Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, analyze how your person progressed through
each of Erikson’s stages (depending on age). What was the outcome?
Cite all sources used in the APA format, including at least three in-text citations from each source
and a References page.
Submission Requirements:
Submit your responses in a Microsoft Word document of the following specifications:
Font: Arial, Size: 12 point
Line Spacing: Double
Length: 400 words
Citation Style: APA. Refer to the sample APA title page given in the handout titled “APA Title Page
Format.”
Evaluation Criteria:
Your submission will be evaluated against the following criteria using the analysis rubric:
Did you describe your subject’s upbringing and how it might have influenced the subject’s
personality?
Did you use Erikson’s theory of psychological development to analyze how your subject progressed
through each of Erikson’s stages and discuss the outcomes?
Did you find a minimum of three credible sources?
Do you incorporate helpful information from each of the sources?
Did you cite the sources correctly, using APA format?
Does your assignment meet the minimum word requirement (400 words)?