Understanding Human Sexuality: A Holistic Approach
Human Sexuality: A Holistic Perspective
Introduction
We are not only biologically sexed, but our psyche, social organization, and culture are also deeply influenced by sex. From birth, we are assigned sex-specific names, clothes, toys, and activities. Even our hobbies, thoughts, and desires are often categorized by sex. Before a child is aware of their own sexual identity, society assigns a gendered role that impacts nearly every aspect of their life.
Different societies and cultures assign specific
Read MoreUnderstanding Education and Health: Key Concepts and Factors
Education: Learning and Growth
Education is synonymous with learning, study, and growth. There are two main approaches:
- Educare: To draw out potential.
- Inducere: To fill the head with knowledge.
Educare focuses on developing behavior and practical knowledge, while education, in general, facilitates personal development, enabling individuals to make independent decisions.
Characteristics of Education
- Human intervention (direct or indirect)
- Intentional process (reality and environment)
- Objective-driven activity
- Integral
Understanding Organizational Behaviour: Key Concepts
Organizational Behaviour
Organizational Behaviour is a multidisciplinary field that seeks knowledge of behavior in organizational settings by systematically studying individuals, groups, and organizational processes.
Hawthorne Study: The Bank Wiring Experiment (Group of 14 Men)
Aim of Study | Method | Findings |
To find out how payment incentives would affect productivity. | Workers were suspicious that increased productivity might justify firing some of them. They developed informal rules of behavior to control |
Understanding Late Adulthood and Aging
The Later Years
The period of late adulthood is a subject of study in gerontology. Gerontology, the scientific study of the processes and phenomena of aging, provides answers to many questions about this life stage. Sociologists are particularly interested in social gerontology, the study of the nonphysical aspects of the aging process.
Change Continues
People are now living longer. Life at age 65 is very different from life at 85. In recognition of this fact, gerontologists place individuals aged
Read MoreOperant Conditioning: Principles, Reinforcement, and Learning
The essential feature of operant conditioning lies in the reinforcement (e.g., food) received for a specific operant behavior (e.g., pressing a toggle). Operant conditioning reflects the fact that an animal operates, or acts, within its natural or laboratory environment to produce an effect. This effect determines whether the animal repeats the response or continues to behave as before.
Operant conditioning is a learning theory that attempts to explain new behaviors. It proposes that such behaviors
Read MoreUnderstanding Family Structures and Dynamics
Cope with – enfrentarse a
Extended family – composed of parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and other family members who live in the same HOUSEHOLD
Stepfamily/blended – the children are not biologically related to one of the parents. The parents have a new partner or spouse due to divorce or death
Single-parents: lone parent family, it is made up of one parent who is raising one or more children by him or herself
Childless family – husband and wife, but doesn’t include children
Nuclear – traditional
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