Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 11, 12
- Lesson
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:
- Option 1: Human development includes cognitive, physical, social and moral development processes throughout our lifespan. Choose one of the major developmental areas discussed in the text (cognitive, physical, social or moral development) and briefly discuss its importance to human development. How would an individual’s well-being be impacted without proper development of this developmental area? For example, what happens when someone is lacking in social developmental areas? Or what about the person who doesn’t reach the level of post-conventional morality?
- Option 2: We are all shaped in some way by our life experiences from childhood to adulthood. How might someone’s gender identity and expression be shaped by others? What messages might a child receive about what it means to be a boy or a girl? Who are the types of people who send these messages (parents, friends, teachers, etc.)? What role does culture and the environment play in gender?
Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.
ANSWER
“Sex,” refers to physical or physiological differences between males, females, and intersex persons, including both their primary and secondary sex characteristics, and “Gender,” on the other hand, refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with given sex (Paris, et al., 2021). When a child is born, they are given a label of their physical sex as being either male or female solely based on …. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.