Gender dynamics manifest in families, schools, workplaces–anywhere that humans interact socially. As you explored throughout the course, theories to explain gender development and gender roles have grown in number, as has the body of research to explain the causes and effects of these gender dynamics.

Part of Walden University’s mission is to create scholar-practitioners committed to social change. There is tremendous potential for social change related gender-based issues, and will be as long as achievement gaps, discrimination, abuse, and inequalities persist throughout the world. This week you complete and submit your Final Project, which should be not just a literature review of a topic, but also contain proposals for how to foster positive social change related to the topic.

To prepare

· Be sure to incorporate any Instructor feedback that you received on the outline you submitted in Week 7 (if you have not done so already).

· Search the Walden Library and other reputable academic sources to locate literature related to the gender-related topic you selected.

Based on the outline you submitted in Week 7, write an 8- to 10-page paper (including title page and references) in which you do the following:

· Introduce and summarize key literature about your selected topic. Include in your summary how this topic relates to home, school, and/or work environments.

· Explain the challenges surrounding the topic. This may include challenges related to conducting research and/or how the gender topic you selected impacts individuals or society.

· Provide solutions or strategies to address the challenges related to the topic.

· Evaluate each of your proposed solutions and provide final recommendations that have opportunities for positive social change.

Previous work for assignment

The Impact of Toys on Gender Identity Development in Children

1. Introduction

I. Explanation of gender identity development

(a) Definition of key terms

i. Gender identity

ii. Child development

iii. Gender-specific toys

(b) Psychological theories about gender identity development

i. Kohlberg’s Theory

ii. Piaget’s Theory

II. Background Information

(a) Toy selection criteria in children

(b) Gender identity stereotyping by toy manufacturers

2. Related Research

I. Child development and sexual identity

(a) Physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development.

(b) Onset of gender identity and sexual development

(c) The role of sex stereotype on children’s memory

II. Impact of Gender-specific toys on gender identity development

(a) The impact of toy characteristics on gender identity

(b) The impact of exposure to gender specific toys on the development of gender identity

3.  Psychological Intervention

I. The main challenge

a. The need for more study on the role of toys in influencing gender identity

b. Toy manufacturers’ exploitation of gender stereotypes.

c. Social impacts: the use of toys to teach certain behaviors to children.

II. Suggested solutions

a. More research into the impact of toys on child development

b. Provision of a wide range of toys for children to play with.

c. Advocacy for more neutral play environments

4. Conclusion

I. Assessment of recommended solutions

II. Final recommendations for provision of a range of child toys and neutral play environments.

The impact of toys on gender identity development in children

I choose this topic because it is the most familiar one in our lives and that at one point we had gone through the similar experience especially when it came to toys selection.

Toys are the major assets own by the children in our environment. We find that children like toys very much but careful when it comes to selection based on the child’s gender. Boys concentrate more on toys resembling engine powered machines like tracks, bikes, and trains while the girls focus more on care toys like for example dolls, utensils and general cleanliness (Todd, et al., 2018).

Toys impact the children psychology by creating this idea that they both should play with specific kinds of toys and grow up believing and exhibiting the same approach to other kids younger than them (Todd, Barry, & Thommessen, 2017). This trend and belief are so apparent that anyone just by looking at the toys in a given household can determine the child’s gender.

References

Todd, B. K., Barry, J. A., & Thommessen, S. A. (2017). Preferences for ‘Gender‐typed ‘Toys in Boys and Girls Aged 9 to 32 Months. Infant and Child Development, 26(3).

Todd, B. K., Fischer, R. A., Di Costa, S., Roestorf, A., Harbour, K., Hardiman, P., & Barry, J. A. (2018). Sex differences in children’s toy preferences: A systematic review, meta‐regression, and meta‐analysis. Infant and Child Development, 27(2), e2064.

In this assignment, you apply and integrate the concepts of attribution, attitude, behavior, and cognitive dissonance.

Identify a situation in which an individual was persuaded into a decision to engage in behavior that violated social values, beliefs, attitudes, ethics, and/or morals, such as misrepresenting a product, underreporting income on taxes, falsifying services on a billing document, taking supplies from work, or engaging in vandalism.

Write a 700-word paper in which you analyze your identified situation. Address the following items:

• Analyze the situation from the perspective of the individual’s social, cultural, and spiritual influences and his or her ethics. Refrain from inserting your own judgments and opinions.
• Describe the reciprocal relationship between behavior and attitudes.
• Cite at least 3 references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Every individual has faced a hard decision in one time of their lives and has come across a situation against their values and morals. Every person is different and has their morals, belief, and ethics they live by on an everyday basis. Society today is persuaded or pressured by another individual to do something wrong, even if they don’t want to do it. In this paper, we will discuss and identify a situation where a girl named Cristina decides to decide her values and morals, in regards to cheating and lying on her taxes. Even though she knew what might happen and what the consequences could be her morals were questioned.

Summary of the Situation

Cristina has realized she has worked a lot of overtime within the year and has made too much money. Furthermore, she knows that filling herself will result in having to pay back the IRS money she can’t even afford. Cristina’s sister had mentioned to her that she could let her claim her two children and use their social security, to get back a couple thousand therefore in return, Cristina could give her five hundred for both children. However, Cristina is aware that by claiming them it’s a wrongful act and she is committing fraud for alleging children that are not hers and can be held accountable and get audited by the IRS. Cristina isn’t thinking of the consequences of what might happen if she gets audited she is only thinking of the money she will get back. She also has an evident understanding of what is right from wrong.

Assignment 1: Characteristics of Organizational Culture

Every organization has a culture; however, organizational culture differs from one business to the next. The organizations may have different essential values. In addition, some essential values may be stronger or more pervasive than others, some may create barriers, and some may be more positive than others.

For this assignment, select an organization you know well or research an organization that interests you. Using the Argosy University online library resources, the readings for this module, and the Internet, respond to the following:

• Describe in brief the organization you selected.
• Examine the characteristics of the organization’s culture.
• Provide examples of how the culture manifests itself in the organization.
• Examine the most functional and dysfunctional aspects of the organization’s culture.
• Describe the methods used to socialize new employees or members into the organizational culture.

Support your statements with appropriate examples and/or scholarly references.

Write your initial response in approximately 400 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) stated, “We need theories to guide our thinking and our work so that we may undertake research-informed practice” (p. 127-128). At the same time, the authors asserted, “No theory will be perfectly applicable. Perhaps you will decide that only one or two concepts make any sense to you in terms of working with clients” (p. 128). Though you may be able to apply only a few concepts in a particular theory to your work with clients, as a social worker, you should be applying evidence-based research to your work. Empirically-based developmental theories may guide you as you assess clients and their presenting problems. You may also apply developmental theories to your treatment decisions.

For this Assignment, you discuss theories of life-span development by evaluating a theory that seems especially relevant to you and your role as a social worker. Select a theory of life-span development to address in this Discussion. This may be a theory described in the resources of this course, or you may select a theory based on personal research. Locate at least one scholarly resource (not included in the course resources) that addresses the theory you selected.

Post a Discussion in which you analyze the theory of life-span development that you selected. Summarize the theory; then, identify the strengths and weaknesses of this theory, especially as it relates to social work practice. Explain one way you might apply the theory to your social work practice.

300-400 Words

USE MY REFERENCES 

References:

Dybicz, P. (2012). The hero(ine) on a journey: A postmodern conceptual framework for social work practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 48(2), 267–283.

Villadsen, K. (2008). ‘Polyphonic’ welfare: Luhmann’s systems theory applied to modern social work. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(1), 65–73.

hey there I need this  journal article reviewed in about 400 words with the following prompts :

What is the title of the article, the journal in which it was found, and the electronic link to it (if applicable)? Use APA format and title your submission with this information as you would in an Annotated Bibliography.

Describe the content of the article.

How does the article relate to assigned readings (this week the reading are on  Individual and Intergroup Personality Differences)?

Was the article reviewed by experts in the field before it was published?

Does the article have a stated research problem that helps you determine the focus of the author’s work? What is it?

Does the article describe how the author collected and analyzed the data? Please explain.

Is the article logically organized and easy to follow? Support your response.

Is there a discussion of the author’s interpretation of the results of the study? What does it say?

What in this article was most important to you? Why did you find it interesting? What are its strengths and weaknesses?

Is this article something you would recommend or use in the future? Why or why not?