How is gender reinforced by patterns of interaction in society? How do transgender identities disrupt fixed notions of sex and gender? How does gender ranking reinforce sexism?

-at least 100 words, use text book Womens Voices, Feminist Visions edition 6. This is a "Intro to Womens Studies" course.

NM230 In-Class Case Study 2

Mr. and Mrs. Lahud have come to the clinic to initiate family therapy. The whole family is under stress because their youngest daughter, 10-year-old Elia, loses her temper "almost constantly," the parents say.

"In fact, she seems to be always seething under the surface, even when she's laughing and seeming to have a good time, just waiting to explode. She argues about the simplest things-you can try to give her choices, like, instead of saying, 'time to get dressed for school,' you might say, 'Elia, do you want your green sweater or your yellow one today?' She just starts screaming and says, 'You can't tell me to get dressed!' And she's ten."

Jaival, their new therapist, asks, "Can you tell me how often, on average, you'd say Elia loses her temper? Can you make an average guess at, say, how many times a week?"

Elia's mother says, "It would be easier to estimate how many times per day."

Mr. Lahud nods, "Yes, I'd say about 18 times a day, at least once for every hour that she's awake."

"And that's on a daily basis?" says Jaival.

Both parents nod without hesitation.

"How long has it been like this?"

"Well," Mrs. Lahud tilts her head. "She was always kind of a fussy baby. She's never slept much and has just kind of always thrown tantrums and never stopped."

Jaival takes some notes and then asks, "Is there anything else about her behavior that fits a pattern that's fairly long-standing?"

Mr. Lahud sighs. "It just feels like she wants a big fight, then blames everyone else for something that she started-even when it's clear no one else is even participating in the fight. It's getting to be really hard on the other two kids because she just never lets up from the time she wakes up until late into the night; she tries to annoy us and them pretty equally, and now they're having trouble with her at school too. She's not getting along with other kids there either.

"We've tried positive reinforcement, like a sticker chart for good behavior—"

"-but after a while," Mrs. Lahud adds, "we just took it down. The other two kids would have rows of stickers, but she defies even the simplest of rules, so she'd have maybe one or two stars to their eight or ten. It started to feel like the sticker chart was just making her feel worse about herself. Her teachers say the same thing."

Mrs. Lahud's eyes fill with tears. "We don't know what to do any more. I feel sorry for her. We can't help feel that this is not the 'real' her, if you know what I mean."

She looks at her husband, who nods and squeezes her hand.

"She does some pretty mean, spiteful things to 'get even with everyone.'" Mrs. Lahud continues, "but then the other night, she was quiet and thoughtful when I cuddled with her at bedtime, and while we were alone, she whispered, 'Mom, why does it have to be so hard to be good? It's really hard.'"

She breaks down and cries, and her husband hugs her.

1. Jaival meets with Elia subsequently, and though she is very charming and intelligent at first, she does make an effort to annoy him, but he doesn't take the bait. The next day, with her parents' permission, the school counselor also calls Jaival, asking if she can share some concerns of her own, which confirm for Jaival that Elia's parents have pretty accurately described her behavior. Subsequent testing does not reveal a psychotic or mood disorder, and Jaival initially makes a tentative diagnosis of "oppositional defiant disorder." Do you agree or disagree? What criteria would you cite to support ODD your opinion?
2. What can cause oppositional efiant disorder?
3. Over a period of years, Elia continues to see therapists; and as adolescent hormones are added into the mix, times get a little rougher for her and her family. What kinds of comorbidity might she be at risk for?

Describe the four main components of the scientific method (not process) and explain why they are vitally important.

Your boss tells you to shred documents pertaining to a lawsuit against the company. Do you do it?

a) Who will be helped if you do it? .

b) Who will be hurt if you do it? .

c) What are the benefits of doing it? .

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d) What are the problems of doing it? .

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Your decision:

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A boy/girl that your best friend has a crush on asks you out on a date. Do you agree?

a) Who will be helped if you do it? .

b) Who will be hurt if you do it? .

c) What are the benefits of doing it? .

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d) What are the problems of doing it? .

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Your decision:

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You see someone getting bulled at school, and he yells out for your help. Do you help him out?

a) Who will be helped if you do it? .

b) Who will be hurt if you do it? .

c) What are the benefits of doing it? .

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d) What are the problems of doing it? .

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Your decision:

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A classmate offers you the answers to an upcoming exam. Do you take them?

a) Who will be helped if you do it? .

b) Who will be hurt if you do it? .

c) What are the benefits of doing it? .

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d) What are the problems of doing it? .

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Your decision:

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You catch a needy friend shoplifting food for her family. Do you report her?

a) Who will be helped if you do it? .

b) Who will be hurt if you do it? .

c) What are the benefits of doing it? .

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d) What are the problems of doing it? .

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Your decision:

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You have a student who is from a single parent family. The student must work to attend college. However, the job is interfering with the student’s performance and several assignments have not been turned in. You have determined that a “D” is all the student can make when a counselor informs you that the student need a “C” to qualify for an academic scholarship.’ What do you do? Your decision:

Your company has a firm policy regarding cases of theft of company property. Used company equipment is on a table to be sold by bid each month. You see a valued employee who is 2 months from retirement slip an electric drill from the table and put it in his car before the day of the sale. What do you do?  Your decision:

You have worked as a bank teller for several months when one of the other tellers who has become a good friend tells you that her daughter is extremely ill and that she must have an operation to survive. She also tells you that she has no insurance and the operation will cost $10,000. Sometime later you ask her about her daughter and she tells you she is just fine now. She then confides in you that she took $10,000.00 from a dormant account at the bank to pay for the operation. She assures you that she has already started paying it back and will continue to do so until it is all returned. What do you do?  Your decision:

You are the owner of a high-class restaurant, where dinner costs upwards of $70 per plate. You want your patrons to maintain “appropriate attire.”   Can you insist on this? How do you define “appropriate” for men and / or women? Your decision:

You are the owner of a local gas station. The sign on the door says “no shirt, no shoes, no service.” The Dalai Lama (the figurehead of Tibetan Buddhism) comes in to buy three hot dogs for a dollar. Do you serve him? Do you have to?

How would you challenge behaviors and thoughts that are not recovery promoting and how would you provide information to them relating to substance use disorder and treatment?

What are the ethical issues that will affect your research on the danger of social isolation on mental health?

How will you address these?

Use a pair of similar examples to compare and contrast DRA and DRI.

Why did the British and the French fail during the 1930s in their efforts to keep Hitler in check? Why did the British and Americans decide to focus on defeating Germany during World War II?

How did the Marshall Plan contribute to the rebuilding of Western Europe’s economy and how did this rebuilding help bring the spread of Communism in Europe to a halt? How was NATO supposed to stop the spread of communism?

Communicating via social media, like communicating face to face, is most effective when we adapt our communication to the people with whom we are interacting. How might you modify your communication when using social media to communicate with a parent? With a grandparent? With your professor? With your best friend? Explain in 300 words

What characteristics are associated with functional versus dysfunctional conflict? Please explain your answer.