Discussion Post: Gender Identity in Life-Span Development
Gender identity-identifying oneself as male or female-is a critical component of an individual's life-span development. Misconceptions and stereotypes abound with regard to gender, and you may bring personal misconceptions and stereotypes to your work with clients
Post a Discussion that includes the following:
a) A new understanding you have gained in the resources about gender identity
b) An explanation of how individuals' gender identity affects their development through young and middle adulthood
c) A strategy you might use to apply your understanding of gender identity development to social work practice
Homework: Empirical Research and Developmental Theory
What does evidence-based research say about the development of sexual orientation in young and middle adulthood? Though the body of literature addressing sexual orientation, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality, is far from complete, the literature continues to grow. Your awareness of this literature helps inform your social work practice as you address the needs of clients with a variety of sexual orientations.
Submit a 2 pages paper that includes the following:
• A summary of your findings regarding sexual orientation and its impact on life-span development, including findings from the resources and from the journal article(s) you selected during your research
• An explanation of how you might apply your findings to social work practice
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
References:
• Fassinger, R. E. and Arseneau, J. R. 2008. "Diverse women's sexualities". In Psychology of women: A handbook of issues and theories , 2nd ed., Edited by: Denmark, F. L. and Paludi, M. 484-508. Westport, CT: Praeger.
• Diamond, L. M. 2000. Sexual identity, attractions, and behavior among young sexual-minority women over a 2-year period. Developmental Psychology, 36: 241-250.
• Ferguson, A. D., &Miville, M. L. (2017). It's complicated: Navigating multiple identities in small town America. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73(8), 975-984.
• Rahman, Q., & Wilson, G. D. (2003). Large sexual-orientation-related differences in performance on mental rotation and judgment of line orientation tasks. Neuropsychology, 17, 25-31.
• Rahman, Q., Wilson, G. D., & Abrahams, S. (2003). Sexual orientation related differences in spatial memory. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 376-383.