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Essay Outline Prompt: Explain at least three theories of gender/gender development, using at least one theory from chapter 4 and one theory from chapter 5. Use the texts, and gender experiences from your life to help illustrate each theory. Introduction: Define Gender: Gender is the state of being masculine or feminine in reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological differences. Therefore, gender is not constructed by anatomical apparatus, or one’s sex. Gender…

Second Language Acquisition Learning a second language is deemed mandatory in many secondary schools in various countries and also has many benefits, but studies show that many students — even if they excel academically in every other subject — struggle with foreign language classes. Most children will learn their first language through listening to the language spoken around them and imitate what they hear. It is known that if a child is raised in a household where multiple languages are…

Left-Handedness Left-handedness is not a typical topic to come up in a conversation, but what if it did? What would be said? Where would the conversation lead? Left-handedness is a well researched topic among scientists. Many misconceptions about lefties have been made, but being left-handed definitely has its advantages. In the old days, if someone was left-handed, it was considered a bad thing and they would become an outcast; yet nowadays lefties are not considered to be any different…

Race and gender are usually questioned whether they exist, exist as natural kind, or exist as products of the society. In this paper, I will talk about Nagel and Wilkes’ ideas on personhood, and how they are related to natural kinds. Then, I will present and compare between Haslanger and Sveinsdottir’s accounts on gender and between Mills and Spencer’s account on race. Finally, I will explain why race and gender can’t cease to exist. At the beginning, we should know that thought experiments are…

Experiment: Brain Asymmetry Question 2: When doing the CogLab, why was it important not to turn your head towards the stimulus being presented? Answer 2: https://coglab.cengage.com/labs/blind_spot.shtml During a trial, it is important not to turn our head towards the stimulus being presented. Furthermore, we also advise not to move our right eyes and only stay focused on the given fixation point at the middle. If we did not follow these instructions, it may affect the location of the blind spot…

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the many conditions inflicted upon our population that affects about 1 in 68 Americans in the United Sates. This developmental disability appears within the first three years of life and can progress in a variety of ways, ranging from low functioning to high functioning with the common symptoms pertaining to behavioral, developmental, cognitive, and psychological issues. Most conferences regarding autism have been based autism awareness, but this…

"Bullet in the Brain" is about the narrative of a man named Anders, a book faultfinder, who encounters one last memory in the wake of being shot in the head amid a bank burglary. Anders, the principle character, is exhibited in the majority of the story similar to a self important and unsympathetic character. His connections with the lady before him, and his general basic nature of the world present him as a character who the peruser experiences considerable difficulties about. The short story…

is no evidence that listening to any type of music can enhance a child’s learning ability (How Music Affects The Developing Brain). Although, as it is already stated in the third and fourth paragraphs, music only strengthens the hippocampus, corpus callosum, as well as the white and grey matter in the brain. Listening to music does not guarantee that the listener will be smarter, it simply improves their chances of becoming a better learner. Music is not a miracle worker but it can do many great…

The National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) Autism Genome Project have discovered irregularities in the corpus callosum (which affects communication between the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain), the cerebellum (which affects coordination, balance, and motor activity), and an enlarged amygdala. The amygdala plays an important role in emotion and social behavior by linking perceptual representations to cognition and behavior on the basis of the emotional or social value…

Evan Eulner 12/7/17 SXS 400 Carrington 915417794 Sexual Diferences What factors can influence a persons sexuality? Each person has their own unique sexual orientation. Using Gay, Straight, and The Reason Why, a book by Dr. LeVay and Genetic and Environmental Effects on Same-sex Sexual Behavior, an article from the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the reason why people have sexual differences can vary based on environmental factors and biological influences that are unique to each individual.…