Lesson 19 - Nature vs Nurture.pptx

Monday 7 October 2024 Nature Vs Nurture & Gender Identity Copy title Knowledge, Skills & Actions To...

Monday 7 October 2024 Nature Vs Nurture & Gender Identity Copy title Knowledge, Skills & Actions To understand what makes up our identity To explore how our identity is formed 3 Minutes To evaluate what influences our identity Starter: the most What makes us, us? Is it our environment or our genes? New Vocabulary Task Can someone change their identity? Genes, Environment, How do babies learn to walk and talk? Psychological, DNA, s Epigenetics, Nature, Do you choose your own path or is a path Nurture, Socialisation chosen for you?  Nature Vs Nurture & Gender Identity BASELINE CONFIDENCE CHECKER BEFORE THE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEARNING I understand the Nature Vs. Nurture debate I can describe the different stages of socialisation I understand what institutions influence our identity Complete a baseline assessment of where you think you are at for this lesson (Discussion or complete sheet) I’m not confident at I’m getting more Very Super all Confident confident confident confidence  Match the key word with its correct meaning Qualities that relate to ones self Values including self image, self esteem and A individuality Most of our identity is learned and Social shaped by the environment and B culture of the society we live in Construct Psychologica Qualities, beliefs, personalities looks and/or expressions that make a C l Identity person or group Those qualities of behaviour, thought, Identity and character that society regard as being intrinsically good D This refers to the characteristics of a Gender person that are socially constructed and can vary from society to society E and change over time. TASK: CHALLENGE: Match the key word with How do these terms link with our new the definition and write topic of LGBTQ+? Do you think a these in your book. person’s environment might impact their identity?  Nature vs Nurture Debate Low heritability Medium heritability High heritability Specific language Weight Blood type Specific religion Religiosity Eye color HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE DEBATE NATURE NURTURE Locke, however, was an Philosophers in ancient times, Empiricist and believed that the such as Plato, believed that a mind at birth was a blank slate child was born with some innate or ‘tabula rasa’. He believed that knowledge. Rather than learning all behaviour was learnt and that anything new, people simply the environment and up-bringing recollected knowledge which lay made people behave in certain dormant within their mind ways.  Stages of socialization & Gender Stereotypes PRIMARY STAGE 0-5 years Learning the basics of human interaction. Prepares the individual, sets foundations for the secondary stage. Values and norms are learned in particular within the family unit SECONDARY STAGE Social interactions with others our own age (peers) and begin to develop our TASK: identity and individuality. Understanding the world What are the typical gender roles and outside our family and why can it be harmful to stereotype learning and adopting based on gender identity? patterns of behaviour. Universal values and norms. Task: Put each institution / socialisation agency on to this continuum line as to how much it influences your life Extension List under each heading how each institution / socialisation agency will impact the different behaviour we learn Massive as citizens. E.g. Your family will influence No influence influence you because you usually tend at all to have similar family values. RELIGION COMMUNITY PEERS FAMILY EDUCATION MASS MEDIA  What is the difference between sex and gender?  “Sex” is the term we use to refer to a person’s sexual anatomy (his or her sexual body parts). So if a doctor were to say that a girl is female in terms of her sex chromosomes, her sex organs, and hormonal make-up, the doctor is referring to the girl’s sex (her body)  “Gender” is the term we use to refer to how a person feels about himself as a boy/man or feels about herself as a girl/woman. Gender identity is the term for how a person self-identifies in terms of being a boy/man or girl/woman. When you say, “I’m a man,” you are stating your gender identity.  Sometimes your gender and sex don’t match up and sometimes they do! Often people also confuse your gender with your sexuality and these are also two completely different things Challenge Do you believe that young people are born with a specific set of traits that apply to their gender or do they learn them through parenting and society? (Nurture Vs Nature)  Match the key word with its correct meaning Identities not easily categorized as Transgender masculine or feminine. Often a blend of the two. A Cisgender Gender identity changes or fluctuates. does not remain constant B Gender fluid Your current gender identity, gender expression and sex match up with C what you had at birth Non-binary Do not identify with a gender D Gender Where your current sex, gender expression and gender identity do not Neutral match up with what you were E Agender assigned with at birth Gender falls outside the traditional Task: Match the key word with F male/female binary the definition and write these in your book.  Gender identities Task: As you watch the video, make a note of 3 new pieces of information that you have learned about Gender identities.  It is commonly acknowledged that while Discussion biological sex is genetically determined, & Debate gender is a social construct. A human being cannot—and should not—be reduced to their Talking points: To what extent biology, or indeed their genitals, because we do you agree are as much a product of the way that other with this article? people treat us as we are of our genetic Why do you inheritance. Humans are social creatures, think that without parents, siblings, peers, colleagues, people feel so friends and lovers our idea of ourselves pressured to would remain ill-defined—we wouldn’t know conform to who we were. gender stereotypes? Why do you Imagine you were raised by wolves in a cave think society is —let’s call you Mowgli—but then later met so judgmental another human of the opposite sex. You of those who do would notice the differences. But as to not want to Challenge interpreting those differences, where would What are your thoughtsconform to their prescribing you start? Without being exposed to the puberty-blocking assigned hormone treatment to concept of “man” or “woman”—let alone children gender? questioning their gender and who “laddish” or “girly”—you’d lackmay anywish to transition? mental  STOP! Let us review our learning outcomes for this lesson Knowledge, Skills & Actions Confidence Checker AFTER THE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEARNING I understand the Nature Vs Nurture debate I can describe the different stages of socialisation I understand what institutionsComplete influence the confidence checker of where our identity you think you are at for this lesson (Discussion or 3 Minutes complete sheet) I’m not confident at I’m getting more Very Super all Confident confident confident confidence  Enjoy the lesson, Challenge your perceptions and understand how to seek further advice and support FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOPICS COVERED IN THIS UNIT WE WOULD ADVISE ONE OF THE BELOW: SPEAK TO YOUR PARENTS/GUARDIANS OR TEACHER, TRUSTED ADULT OR FRIEND IF YOU HAVE AN Y CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR SELF OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW – IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO TELL SOMEONE! SPECIFIC FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC CAN BE FOUND HERE:  Why identity matters - https://criticalmediaproject.org/why-identity-matters/  GIC – Gender Identity Clinic - https://gic.nhs.uk/info-support/support-groups-and-resources/  Gendered intelligence - https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/  https://www.kooth.com Free Safe and Anonymous online support for young people  Other support pages - https://www.tht.org.uk/hiv-and-sexual-health/sexual-health/trans-people/resources#:~:text=Mindline %20trans%20%2B%20%E2%80%93%20Emotional%20and%20mental,Ring%200300%20330%20546 8. 2 Minutes  Match the key word with its correct meaning Qualities that relate to ones self Values including self image, self esteem and A individuality Most of our identity is learned and Social shaped by the environment and B culture of the society we live in Construct Psychologica Qualities, beliefs, personalities looks and/or expressions that make a C l Identity person or group Those qualities of behaviour, thought, Identity and character that society regard as being intrinsically good D This refers to the characteristics of a Gender person that are socially constructed and can vary from society to society E and change over time. TASK: CHALLENGE: Match the key word with How do these terms link with our new the definition and write topic of LGBTQ+? Do you think a these in your book. person’s environment might impact their identity?  Match the key word with its correct meaning Identities not easily categorized as Transgender masculine or feminine. Often a blend of the two. A Cisgender Gender identity changes or fluctuates. does not remain constant B Gender fluid Your current gender identity, gender expression and sex match up with C what you had at birth Non-binary Do not identify with a gender D Gender Where your current sex, gender expression and gender identity do not Neutral match up with what you were E Agender assigned with at birth Gender falls outside the traditional male/female binary F