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Assignment:
1. Name one concept, theory, or research finding that you learned from this week's reading assignment. You are to provide the page number from where you retrieved this information.
2. Provide a brief background of the theory or concept, covering the name of the theory or concept, or theorist, and what the theory or concept says about human development or behavior.
3. Describe an illustrative examples of this theory concept in everyday life. The illustrative example should provide sufficient detail and link your example to specific course concepts. Use examples from your personal experiences, informal observations of those around you, or the media.
4. Read: LO 4: Evaluate Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan. (Pg. 416)
Watch the Video that is provided in Module 1: "Big Think Interview, with Lise Eliot".
After you have read "Traditional Gender-Role Stereotypes over the Lifespan", and watched the video, you are to address the following question's in paragraph form. You must critically address these question's and respond with depth and clarity.
A). Do you feel that children should be guided by social expectations in regard to what toys they play with? Explain your response.
B). According to the video titled "Big Think Interview, with Lise Eliot", at age 1, girl's and boy's both like dolls because dolls have faces and all children are instinctively attracted to faces and voices. This is because we are a social species.
I. At what age do boys opt for boy toys, and girls opt for girl toys?
II. At what age do children typically begin to figure out if they are a boy or a girl?
III. Parents, peers and ___________, are the biggest influences that socialize children regarding gender roles.
Think about these points of concern when addressing question, "A". You do not have to provide a written response to each bulleted question below, they are here just to get your wheels of thought turning!
- Will the child miss out on discovering their true identity if they are socially guided to play with a certain gender appropriate toy?
- Do social expectations add an element of normalcy and guidance?
- Will the child feel a sense of internal or external incongruence?
- Will the child feel a sense of disharmony, or a sense of something that is not natural for him/her?
- Remember, society has a way of governing what is, or should be "natural"!
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