Discuss the demonization of women as witches as a means of social control. Then provide your own example of how gender is related to social control in religion. In what ways are women depicted as evil or manipulative in order to maintain a patriarchal structure? How is intersectionality tied into this oppression?
Category: Gender studies
HOW INFANTS AND TODDLERS THINK.
They go through these processes…
Perception: Neural activity of combining sensations into meaningful patterns
Cognition: All processes by which humans acquire knowledge; methods for thinking or gaming knowledge about the world
Arousal and infant heart rates: Changes in heart rate are taken to signify variations in the baby’s arousal, alertness, and general contentment
Recognition, memory, and infant habituation: Infants indicate recognition of objects, people, and activities, AND familiar people elicit a special response in one-year-olds
Habituation: The tendency to attend to novel stimuli and ignore familiar ones: LIKE A BEE FLYING INTO YOUR CAR – YOU WILL NOTICE THAT! Otherwise, we just drive along our normal route and, yes, we pay attention to traffic, but if you know your car and your route, you are habituated to them.
Infants have memory before they have language. How do we know this?
Visual perception in infancy
Object perception: Object constancy; size constancy
Depth perception
Visual cliff: laboratory setup of a ledge covered by a sheet of glass; used to test the acquisition of depth perception https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6cqNhHrMJA
Anticipation of visual events and the visual expectation paradigm
Auditory perception in infancy
Discriminating between sounds
Localization of sounds
React to own name
React to music: MUST SEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS4YoiY6XAE
Coordination of sensory information ….
Intermodal perception: the coordination and integration of multiple channels of sensory information
ACCORDING TO PIAGET’S SENSORIMOTOR SUBSTAGES….MORE ADVANCED COGNITIVE SKILLS BUILD ON PREVIOUS COGNITIVE SKILLS STARTING WITH REFLEXES. CONDITIONING, BEHAVIORS, REACTIONS ALL THE WAY TO SYMBOLIC THOUGHT WHEN BABIES DEVELOP BASIC PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS.
Here are the key concepts of what the brain does with all the new information it absorbs during this crazy period of synaptogenesis according to Piaget!!
◦Scheme: a behavior or thought that represents a group of ideas and events in a person’s experience
◦Assimilation: a method by which a person responds to new experiences by using existing concepts to interpret new ideas and experiences
◦Accommodation: the process of modifying existing ideas or action-skills to fit new experiences
Toys That Support Cognitive Development in Infancy
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT (10 PTS):
USE SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE FROM YOUR MATERIALS: 1. What’s a schema? 2. What is assimilation? 3. What is accommodation?
Research how toys support cognitive AND language development through auditory and visual perception, and by building on the substages of the sensorimotor stage as defined by Piaget from 0 – 2 years of age. Research at least 3 types of toys/games for toddlers. See the chart above. (5 pts)
Explain the cognitive theory of either habituation or object permanence and give an example of another game or activity that would illustrate this area of development. (3 pts)
Read another student’s post and comment on what you learned or found interesting. (2 pts)
Why is it so hard to change institutions, along with their policies and social structure?
What is a gendered institution? Discuss one that interested you and why. What challenges does this institution create?
What is the gender order and how is it changing?
In “Body Image Pressure Increasingly Affects Boys,” Jamie Santa Cruz describes the pressures boys feel to display the ideal male physique. In “My Year of Modesty,” Lauren Shields discusses the pressures women are under to live up to ideals of female beauty.
Compare the pressures on men and women to conform to such expectations. In your essay, discuss and quote both Santa Cruz and Shields. In addition, include, your own observations and experiences to support your views.
Paragraph 1: Introduction; your answer to the question; a brief statement of how you feel about the topic and why, your main point.
• Paragraph 2: Detailed explanation of your views; your answer and your reasons; your experience and observations (examples)
• Paragraph 3: Explanation of the significant ideas in the first essay that you have chosen to discuss; how/why you feel the author supports your own views on the topic; why you agree with the author’s views. Or, if you don’t fully agree with the author, explanation of how and why your views differ. Quotations from the essay and explanation of what the quotations demonstrate.
• Paragraph 4: Explanation of the significant ideas in the second essay that you have chosen to discuss; how/why you feel the author supports your own views on the topic; why you agree with the author’s views. Or, if you don’t fully agree with the author, explanation of how and why your views differ. Quotations from the essay and explanation of what the quotations demonstrate.
• Paragraph 5: Conclusion; a reminder of why you feel the way you do about the question; a memorable and powerful statement that will stick with the reader.
*** You will choose any one Canadian advertisement in any medium. You will then submit a paper which critically analyses the themes of gender, class and race depicted in the advertisement.
*** See attached photo
*** Read Instructions carefully
Just a summary of chapter 9: Sexualities and chapter 11: Work in book Gender by Wade, L and Ferree, M. Norton& Company, Third Edition, 2023.
1. Share One recent Ad, Social Media post, or News (an image or a video) about LGBTQIA+ communities in your country of Choice.
2. Analyze in what ways this Ad, Social Media post or News (an image or a video) influences the gendered views and lives of many Queer people. (300 words) (2 points)
3. What is intersectionality? What role does it play when thinking about LGBTQ issues in the country of choice? (300 words) (2 points)
4. In what ways did the Queer communities internalize and/or resist such stereotypes? (300 words) (2 points)
This is a context based research paper for AP Seminar. The word count cannot exceed 1320 and cannot go lower than 1200 without losing points.
A few other notable stipulations:
Each time a new source is introduced a credit statement must be used to show the credibility of the source’s author.
No direct solution for the issue should be reached in this paper, it is purely setting up context for the issue.
I’ve complied 6 sources so far, however i am also currently writing another essay and dont have time to find the other 3 (please let me know if additional compensation is necesary if you find the soruces on your own) the sourcs ive compiled can be found in the PDF “Gender Wage Gap sources 2.0”
An example IRR with a rubric can be found in the PDF “Kami Export – IRR – Example and Rubric Notes”
The preferred format for the assignment can be found in the PDF “IRR – Template and Guide (1)”. Feel free to not follow it, its not nescesary, It’s just easier for graders to identify key points in this format.
Some key aspects that must be present in the IRR can be found in the PDF “IRR – Last Minute Check”
Please reach out if you need anything else or have any questions
please select one of the following prompts for the three page essay: what role does family play in the novel, in what ways are unconventional families portrayed? who does scar consider her family? hiw do these relationships influence her journey throughout the book. ( i also have other promts that can be used if this one is too hard )
Midterm Literature Review : Media Analysis All the following questions must be answered – (5-6 pages , 10 points)
You will focus on a movie or television show to analyze how the characters are portrayed based on the ideas you have read about femininity and masculinity, including race, class and ethnicity. You must integrate at least 5 articles we have read in class and apply the respective theory or argument to the film/show you choose to discuss.
Describe the film’s/television show’s characters.
What are the relationships between the characters?
Who is in charge and how do you know this?
How are the ideas you have read about in class reflected in the movie/show?
What messages does the movie send to the viewer about gender, sexuality, race and class in terms of work?
Who is qualified to do what jobs?
What jobs are most valuable in the movie/show