Life-History is the theory I have selected for my final project. How Can Evolutionary Psychology Successfully Explain Personality and Individual Differences?

Overview

This assignment will be your first milestone as you begin to work on your final project, the theoretical analysis. In Module One, you selected a theory from the list of approved theories for the theoretical analysis. Milestone One is an outline of the Background and Basics of the Theory section. You do not need to complete a full draft of this section; only an outline will be accepted. Please do not submit a rough draft.

This rubric will help you develop your outline for this assignment. Be sure to refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document to review the full assignment that you will submit in Module Nine and to see how your outline will be fleshed out later in the course. This will help you understand what needs to be included in your outline. Use the information you have been collecting in your annotated bibliography to support you in this milestone.

Prompt

For this assignment, you will write an outline of Milestone One of the final project. The outline will list key points of the historical overview of your selected theory, review key points about the theory’s historical development, identify the key theorist(s) associated with the theory, and discuss how the theory is used today.

1. Milestone One: Background and Basics of the Theory
2. Provide a historical overview of your selected theory, including relevant historical events that influenced the theory.
3. Analyze the historical development of the theory based on when and where it was developed. Consider what the prevailing theories of the time were. How does this theory relate to the earlier theories?
4. Identify the key theorist (theorists) associated with this theory. Provide the relevant biographical information and historical events that may have influenced the theorist’s work and led to the development of the theory.
5. Articulate the key concepts of this theory as conceived by the key theorist(s). Support your response with relevant research. Be sure to include primary sources and noteworthy or historically relevant research.
6. Discuss how the theory is used today, identifying key differences from its initial application. What key concepts in the theory have changed over time, and how has the theory’s role changed?

What to Submit

Your outline must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Use the Milestone One Template. Include a reference page with any sources cited in APA format.

Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission. This assignment is about creating an outline of this section, and the final project directions are to flesh out this information. Build on your outline as you start working on your final project.