TASK
select TWO of the Case Studies below and answer the questions with that case.
Caroline Sanders as a Transgender Young Adult
- Caroline accomplished milestones that heteronormative teenagers and young adults usually accomplish earlier, such as getting a bank account, learning to drive, and living outside her parent’s home. What factors might have influenced the timing of these milestones for Caroline?
- What strides is Caroline making on the developmental task of intimacy versus isolation?
- How is Caroline’s physical transformation affecting other dimensions of her life?
Sheila Henderson’s Long-Awaited Family Reunification
- How do biological and social factors interact in this story to contribute to the family’s current needs?
- How can Erikson’s young adulthood stage development task of “intimacy versus isolation” be fulfilled by current military personnel frequently deployed overseas?
- What are the challenges, and how have the military and/or other societal institutions responded to these challenges?
Jonathan Stuart and Kai Hale as Older Parents of Twins
- Compared to parents in young adulthood, what social, emotional, physical, and financial advantages and disadvantages might Jonathan and Kai face as “older parents” to their twins?
- Same-sex couples experience many stressors in their life. How might these stressors change once Jonathan and Kai become parents?
- How might Jonathan and Kai’s roles in their relationship, family, work, and so on change once they become parents?Description: Wendy Troxel argues that teens don’t get enough sleep, and it’s not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones—it’s because of public policy Required Texts
- Primary Textbook/required for references/citations
Hutchinson, E. D. & Contributors (2019). Dimensions of human behavior: The changing
life course (6th Ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 978-1544339344
Supporting Textbook
Hutchison, E. D. & Contributors (2019). Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and
Environment (6th Ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 978-1544339290
Recommended Texts and Other Material
American Psychological Association (2020). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (7th Ed.). APA. Alcohol’s Effect on Teenage Brain