Diagnosis Assignment HCR 400 Please choose a diagnosis article based on your interests and complete the following questions. Make sure to provide as much detail as possible. Article chosen (citation): Question that the article answered (what problem is it solving): Study design: Setting: Participants: Main result: Conclusion: Is the comparison group appropriate? Was there a clear description of the disease status of the tested population? Was there sufficient description of the methods? How might we use this ‘evidence’ to inform practice? ! This is a graded discussion: 25 points possible due Jun 8 at 1:59am Week 5 Discussion: Physical, Cognitive and Social Development & Sexuality 3 5 Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: 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: Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week. Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. If possible, respond to one peer who chose an option different from the one you chose. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Writing Requirements Textbook: Chapter 11, 12 Lesson 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? Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) 6/2/20, 11:35 AM Page 1 of 9 " Reply Grading This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link: Course Outcomes (CO): 6 Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday APA format for in-text citations and list of references Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines (https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/69954)Renee Owens (Instructor) Apr 19, 2020 ! You may begin posting in .

1. Diagnosis Assignment
HCR 400
Please choose a diagnosis article based on your interests and
complete the following questions. Make sure to provide as much
detail as possible.
Article chosen (citation):
Question that the article answered (what problem is it solving):
Study design:
Setting:
Participants:
Main result:
Conclusion:
Is the comparison group appropriate?
Was there a clear description of the disease status of the tested
population?
Was there sufficient description of the methods?
How might we use this ‘evidence’ to inform practice?
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This is a graded discussion: 25 points possible due Jun 8 at
1:59am
Week 5 Discussion: Physical, Cognitive and Social
Development & Sexuality
3 5

2. Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
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:
Be sure to make connections between your ideas and
conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and
theory we are discussing this week.
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. If
possible, respond to one peer who chose
an option different from the one you chose. Further the dialogue
by providing more information and
clarification.
Writing Requirements
Textbook: Chapter 11, 12
Lesson
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?

3. 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?
Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up)
Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons
and an outside source)
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Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading
Rubric. Please review the following link:
Course Outcomes (CO): 6
Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines

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You may begin posting in this discussion forum on Monday,
June 1st.
This week, you have the option of choosing which topic to focus
on for your initial response. You
have the option of answering questions about Physical,
Cognitive & Social
Development OR Sexuality for your initial response. For your
follow up response, please respond to
at least ONE classmate who chose a different initial response
topic than you. For example, if
you chose to discuss physical, cognitive and social development
for your initial response, make sure
you respond to one person who chose sexuality as their initial
response. You must still respond to at
least two classmates or one classmate and the instructor to meet
your discussion requirements for
the week.
*Please be sure to review the discussion guidelines via the link
provided above as to make sure you
understand how discussions will be graded. Remember to cite
all of your sources in APA format (in-
text citations and list of references)*
*Initial response should be submitted by Wednesday, June 3rd,
11:59 pm MT and discussion
requirements need to be met by Sunday, June 7th, 11:59 pm
MT.*

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Option 1: Physical, Cognitive and Social Development
Human development is a process in which there are various
cognitive, physical, social, and
emotional milestones from conception to death. 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. For example, the embryonic
or fetal period is important in
physical development because if a fetus is exposed to a
teratogen, any harmful substance such as a
virus, drugs, alcohol or chemical toxins, it may result in a birth
defect such as Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (FAS) (Feldman, 2018, p. 315).
Option 2: Sexuality
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?
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Understanding sexuality varies from culture to culture, yet there
are basic biological, cognitive, and
emotional components in sexuality and sexual development. The
different terms of sexuality and
gender can be confusing, yet the terminology is important to
understand. We are all shaped in some
way by our life experiences from childhood to adulthood. So in
this discussion, we will begin with
exploring gender identity and gender expression.
References
Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.).
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
Greenwald, B. (2015, May 15). What kindergarteners taught me
about gender. Retrieved from

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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?
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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

8. gender?
Growing up I had believed that the biological factor of
gender identity was the only factor. If you
were born with male parts you were a boy. If you were born
with female parts you were a girl. I did not
know then that someone people identified themselves as the
opposite gender even though biologically
they were not. Along with that factor, the social aspect plays a
key role in gender identity and it's
development.
When someone is developing their gender identity and
expression the outside world can have a
major influence. If the parents choices on raising the child
based on their gender like blue or pink
clothes, the child will tend to stick to that gender identity. It
can shape how they see themselves. They
are raised in a stereotypical home. Each gender has the role that
is played in the household. The
mother will be the housekeeper while the father is the bread
winner. As we grow up we begin to see
how each gender has gender appropriate behaviors they are
expected to have (Feldman, 2018). They
learn that masculine behavior is something you typically see in
boys just like feminine is typically seen
is girls. If a father plays rough with the son and not the
daughter it can give off a message of gender
appropriate behavior. Parents will have the first influence to
shape the gender identity of someone.
They are not the only ones that influence this though. Peers can
have an influence as well (Santos,
Martin, Granger, and Kornienko, 2016). Pressure can be put on
someone to conform to stereotypical
gender roles. In a society not long ago people were closed
minded about gender roles. It was

9. unacceptable and frowned upon to step outside the normal and
just embrace the biological factor only.
Only in the last five years or so has society seemed to change
their outlook on issues like this.
Depending on someone's religion it can also play a role in their
gender identity. They are a variety of
roles in culture and the environment that can influence the
gender identity of someone. It is nice to see
how society is starting to become truly accepting of people who
are different. I am a parent who wants
my children to be who they really are and not hide to those who
are still close minded. Acceptance and
love play a big role in our house. In my opinion, this seems to
be one of the few things that can help
humanity come together.
References
Feldman, R.S. (2018). Understanding Psychology (14th ed.)
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
Kornienko, O., Martin, C.L., Granger, K.L, & Santos, C.E.
(2016). Developmental Psychology.
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Good evening Professor and classmates,
I decided to go with Option 1 for this week's discussion.
According to Feldman (2018), starting from infancy to middle
childhood and start of adolescence (11,
12 years old), children develop physically, cognitively, and
socially. Physical development is a
significant part of every human life. It accommodates the
changes in the relationship between the size
of different body parts. It is responsible for the biological
changes, as well as sexual and physical
maturity or so-called puberty. Physical changes that occur
during puberty (spurt in height, development
primary, and secondary sex characteristics) influence the way
we view ourselves and how others view
us. Later in life, physical development is responsible for aging.
Wright et al. (2019), positively correlate
physical development and physical activity with positive
academic outcomes in elementary as well as
secondary school students. It is found that physical development
significantly and positively influences
all the other developmental stages: cognitive, social-emotional,
literacy, and language, which makes it
an important part of school readiness. It is safe to assume that
without physical development, all the
other stages of development are in jeopardy. Physical
development accounts for developing a healthy
body composition, strong bones, muscles, and proper organ

11. functioning, as well as gross and fine
motor skills and development of thinking skills. Overall,
physical development is crucial for becoming a
healthy individual, and health largely influences all areas of our
life. However, it is a combination of all
developmental areas effectively aligned that allow us to become
a functional unit of society.
Cognitive development is vital for understanding the world
around us, learning skills, problem-solving.
Cognitive development is essential for developing mental
abilities that allow is to perform various tasks
like reading, thinking, prioritizing, understanding, planning.
Cognitive skills allow for future academic
learning. Social development allows for successful interactions
with others. Without social skills, it is
more difficult to establish good relationships, which will stand
in the way of an individual's well-being in
a society. It is an area responsible for learning positive social
behavior. Moral development allows us to
gain an understanding of what is right and wrong. It is an
essential part of socialization. This area of
development shapes us into ethical adults; the knowledge of
rights and responsibilities is developed. If
one does not reach post-conventional moral development, the
understanding of the process by which
community beliefs are formed may be absent, and the person's
beliefs may be misguided.
References
Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.).
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
Wright, P.M., Zittel, L.L., Gipson, T., & Williams, C. (2019).
Assessing relationships between physical

12. development and other indicators of school readiness among
preschool students. Journal of Teaching
in Physical Education, 38(4), 388-392
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Option 2
As we all go through life we experience many different people
who influence our feelings about our sex
that will challenge our gender perceptions. As a child I was
taught at an early age the physical
differences between men and women, things like women are
smaller, men were taller and stronger and
of course the obvious anatomical parts, but I was also raised
with a strong beliefs about gender
perception. It would have been easier if those strong beliefs
were synchronized but living in a
multigenerational household with my grandmother, mother and
two uncles, their beliefs though strong
were all very different. My grandmother believed in women
should always look their best, be soft
spoken, reserved and graceful. My mother believed that women

13. were freedom so to speak, to be
whimsical, free spirited and world oriented; work oriented was
for men. My uncles believed in raising
me to be strong, goal oriented and independent that a man was
to be my partner not my provider. All of
these beliefs have shaped me into the woman I am and continue
to become. I believe all children are
raised by a village, that village as a whole; parents, teachers
and others that embrace their path can
make an impression on how they perceive themselves, the world
around them and the roles they
should take on as a boy or a girl. In this day and age I find that
our villages have grown more with
social media and the strong influences that celebrities, sports
figures and politicians bring. These sorts
of influences are in some cases positive to perceive yourself as
strong, beautiful and independent no
matter your gender. Yet on the other side of this is, these
powerful influential people say that but they
way they present themselves has the opposite effect. For
example, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and
Taylor Swift tell young women they are strong, beautiful and
independent but dress extremely
provacative, exhibit extreme dependency on unhealthy
relationships and not being accountable for
errors in judgement. This behavior shapes the false perception
that fame, money and being sexy is
being strong, beautiful and independent. It is not much different
for young boys the perception given off
by men celebrities is to be strong, smart and goal oriented they
need to be starting fights, not taking
accountability and having multiple unhealthy relationships so
our young boys begin perceiving being a
"Man" as hostile, loud and money gets you girls, cars and a get
out of jail free card. Feldman makes a
very powerful statement when he said, " By shaping beliefs

14. about how men and women should behave,
these stereotypes potentially keep inequalities between the
genders alive. Stereotypes that put
pressure on people to fulfill those stereotypes, and may lead
people to act in accordance with those
stereotypes rather than in accordance with their own
abilities.(Feldman,R.S.)
Reference
Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.).
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
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Hello everyone,
Today I opted to discuss option 2.
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

15. types of people who send these
messages (parents, friends, teachers, etc.)? What role does
culture and the environment play in
gender?
According to Feldman (2018), children's gender identities are
shaped by parents, media, teachers, and
peers (p. 341-342). Gender identities are shaped by nearly
everything, from the toys and clothes they
receive from their parents, to the expectations that teachers and
peers have for their behavior. For
example, girls may have dolls and dresses and be expected to be
polite and meek, while boys have
trucks and dirty clothes and are expected to be rambunctious
and outspoken. The environment in a
classroom can have drastic, lasting effects on the gender
identities of people. For example, females
may be less likely to undertake a traditionally masculine career
in a STEM field than males because of
the stereotype that males are better at math (Molla, 2016, p. 4).
Statistically speaking, males and
females perform equally in math, but males have their self
esteem boosted by teachers and are more
often told that they are naturally smart and better at math, while
girls are told that their good grades are
just due to the amount of hard work they perform.
Culturally speaking, in Western societies boys are generally
seen as more aggressive and oblivious,
while girls are supposed to be more polite. This results in boys
being 4 times more likely to be
diagnosed with ADD or hyperactivity (Molla, 2016, p. 3) As a
female with undiagnosed severe ADHD as
a child, gender stereotyping took a great toll on me. Teachers
labeled me as a bad student who didn't
try hard enough to succeed. This was further reinforced by

16. watching my younger brother throughout my
childhood who was diagnosed early and received aid in the form
of several different therapies and extra
support in school. I can only see it retrospectively now as I was
just diagnosed in adulthood, but had
the stereotype not been there and I received the same therapies,
maybe I wouldn't have dropped out of
two different colleges and suffered from depression and serious
financial issues in young adulthood.
Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.).
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
Molla, E. (2016). The role of school in gender socialization.
The European Journal of Educational
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