Evaluate the statement that suicide is a preventable public health problem? In your opinion, is suicide preventable? If so, what are the key steps to prevention? If not, why not?
Speculate about why school administrators, teachers, parents and/or students might resist the implementation of an SOS program in their schools. What resources should schools and communities have available to teens and their families if they do implement such a program?
Express your reactions to the idea of a third gender. Explain how the concept of a third gender fits your own understanding of gender identity. How might it be possible to be neither male nor female? Or both male and female?
Explain why many indigenous people or cultures have conceived of a social identity for people who combine male and female qualities.
Whereas third gender individuals were respected and acknowledged as having their own social space in many non-Western cultures, individuals who exhibit these characteristics have been ostracized and stigmatized in may Western societies. Why is that?
Please view the Chapter 9 Power Point – Early Adolescence (12 to 18 Years) and answer the following question: List and describe 3 area related to their development that cause early adolescents concern? How do males and females differ in their experiences in regards to these areas?
Please view the Chapter 10 Power point – Later Adolescence (18 to 24 Years) and answer the following questions: What are some of the typical changes in the adolescent-parent relationship from early to later adolescence? How are changes in the adolescent-parent relationship linked to going away to college or living at home while attending college?
