Assignment 1 
In a 1-2 page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, 
address the following: 
1 
Briefly explain Piaget’s and Erikson’s theories of development. Who had a 
better theory of human development: Erikson or Piaget? Please offer detail 
to explain your choice. 
What tips would you give to someone who has just suffered a major loss, 
now that you know the stages of grief? 
Assignment 2 
Rough draft 
Using your annotated bibliography and references as a guide, write a 
rough draft of your Psychology Research Paper. 
Your paper must be 3 pages in length, not including a title page and 
reference page. The paper must not only describe current trends within 
your topic area, but you should demonstrate how your topic relates to the 
broad field of psychology. It should contain a strong thesis statement 
supported by research from at least 3 different sources. Include both in-text 
citations and a References page in APA format. 
Topic 
Stress management. 
Bibliography 
arlson, J. (2007). The management of Stress Management: A decade of the 
journal. 
International Journal Of Stress Management 
, 
14 
(4), 329-332. 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1072-5245.14.4.329 
This journal will be important in my research as it will enable me to be able to analyze 
the meaning of stress and the process through which a person goes through before he or 
she 
becomes stressed and the eventualities that follows a person after they are stressed out. 
Also, this 
journal will help me understand the different processes that an individual has to go 
through when 
they are stressed so that they can be able to find healing. 
Civil, J. (2003). 
Stress management 
(1st ed.). London: Spiro. 
This book by Civil looks at different stress related cases in the field of psychology. Civil 
states different case scenarios where individual were diagnosed with stress and how some 
of 
them were unlucky and succumbed to it and others were able to fight it off and heal. This