Assignment

1. John and his colleagues all get along well. John is meticulous, a little too serious and cleans up after every one - a trait he says he learned due to his mom who was a slob. Sam is the funny guy - he wears bow ties that do not match his suit and has kinky red hair that stays out of control and occasionally bakes cookies for everyone in the office. Finally, Amy is the female of the group, makes sure the males stay on task, do not talk about football all day and is slightly overweight, most likely because she dates Sam and eats his cookies too often. They work at a special needs school with students who have varied backgrounds; one student is diagnosed with emotional disturbance and has tried to stab someone. He is 15 and comes from a wealthy family. His placement there is a secret so his family's reputation is not ruined. While his IQ is in the low average range, he is an amazing artist and is often asked to draw landscapes for the nearby library and museums. There are also a set of siblings who both have mental retardation due to their mom smoking crack while pregnant with each of them (they are two years apart). Neither child learned spoken language but one learned sign language and another uses a book of pictures/icons to communicate.

How might two different theoriest explain John or Sam? What would they say about personality? Development? etc, There are 5 other concepts (at minimum) that could be discussed form this essay. I've given you three big ones, find another 2 - 3 on your own. Bold, underline or highlight the concepts you are using.