Sociology & Psychology Worksheet

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So we know what Mikael’s mom does

But what does Lisa think?

01. .025 points, At least 10 words > According to this set Links to an external site.of very simple notes, how did Freud come up with his theories about human interaction and development? Be sure to explain and defend your response. I first introduced Freud on A04.

How Sigmund Freud theorized gender

02. .025 points, At least 25 words, Note the word count change > Freud was coming up with his theories in late 19th, early 20th century Austria by taking notes on himself and a very small group of patients, see Q01. Also, remember, that Freud was a medical doctor who invented psychoanalytic theory. Today, in retrospect, we call him a psychoanalyst or a social psychologist, but he was educated and trained as a medical doctor, so for Freud, gender was something humans were born with and connected to by their physical bodily make-up, but, also, something they learned about as infants and children from the caregivers in their lives. For Freud, gender was

  • A part of a human’s id
  • Something humans acquire via the superego
  • And something that is a part of a human’s ego

Id, superego and ego are all theoretical ideas introduced on A04. As your answer to this question, just tell me what you think I mean when I say: Freud theorized that gender and sexuality were a part of a human’s id, something humans acquire via the superego, and something that is a part of a human’s ego. Here Links to an external site.is a quick link to that textbook-y set of definitions for id, superego and ego I assigned on A04.

03. .025 points, At least 10 words > Sigmund Freud believed that gender was bimodal, meaning there are clusters of characteristics that tend to be associated with people that we call “male” or “female.” On average, males have penises, and on average, females have vaginas. To say something is bimodal is different than to say something is binary. For something to be binary means that that something has two parts. So, to say gender is binary, that means gender can be broken down into two parts, male/female, masculine/feminine. Does Mikael, from the film Tomboy (2011), first assigned on A04, define his gender more in a bimodal or binary way? In order to get credit for your answer, you need to explain and defend it by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011). Here Links to an external site.is a quick link to Tomboy (2011). Be careful! There is a definitely a right answer to this question and a wrong answer. In order to make Tomboy (2011) Links to an external site.work you need to be using Chrome as your browser and the to be logged into your USF email.

04. .025 points, At least 10 words > A variation on Q03: Does Jeanne, Mikael’s little sister in the film Tomboy (2011), first assigned on A04, define Mikael’s gender more in a bimodal or binary way? In order to get credit for your answer, you need to explain and defend it by specifically referencing Tomboy (2018).

05. .025 points, At least 10 words > According to this Links to an external site.audio essay, do American gender reveal parties define gender in more of a bimodal or binary way? Scroll up to Q03 for a definition of bimodal and binary. In order to get credit for your answer you must specifically reference the audio essay assigned above, Decoder Ring, “Gender Reveal Party” (2019) and explain and defend your response.

06. .025 points, At least 10 words > According to the screenshots below, was gender defined more in a bimodal way or a binary way when it came to the public spaces of the little town Mikael moved to in the summer of 2011? Mikael is the main character in Tomboy (2011), first assigned here and, also reposted above with Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011).

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07. .025 points, At least 10 words > According to this Links to an external site.audio essay, [How To Be A Girl, E17 Links to an external site., “The Window” (2014), 30 minutes], what came first in the United States? Gender reveal parties, see Q05, directly above, or the option for Americans to change their gender on their social security card with relative bureaucratic ease? In order to get credit for your answer you need to show you listened carefully to the audio assigned in Q05 and Q06 and be sure to explain and defend your response. Like Q03 through Q06 there are right answers to this little series of questions and wrong ones. So you want to be sure to get all of these little quarter points! Plus, it will really help you understand how Freudian ideas about gender, which are both “medical” and “social psychological” match up to the ways gender has been officiated in places like France and the United States in the late 20th century, early 21st centuy. Speaking of France and the United States, maybe we should think about these two countries in relationship to one another … Hmmmm … Oh wait! We have! Remember Anaïs and Samantha?! Our French twin and American twin?! 😉 You – are – welcome.

08. .025 points, At least 25 words, Note the point value change > How can the story told in the audio essay assigned for Q07, be used to justify Mikael’s mom’s decision to force Mikael to wear a dress and reintroduce himself as Laure to his new friend Lisa? What I am looking for here is for you to make links between the ways humans define their gender in private and public spaces vis a vis the ways they are defined by official paperwork and bureaucracies. Mikael and Lisa are characters in Tomboy (2011), first assigned here and, also reposted above with Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011).

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How Sigmund Freud theorized sexuality

09. .025 points, At least 10 words, Note the word count change > Sigmund Freud believed that all humans were bisexual, by which he primarily meant that everyone incorporates aspects of both sexes, and that everyone is sexually attracted to both sexes. In his view, this was true anatomically and therefore also mentally and psychologically. Heterosexuality and homosexuality both developed from this original bisexual disposition. Does the sexual romance sparking up between Mikael and Lisa in the film Tomboy (2011) support or refute this idea? Mikael and Lisa are characters in Tomboy (2011), first assigned here and, also reposted above with Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011).

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10. .025 points, At least 10 words > Speaking of Mikael and Lisa, do you think it was okay for Lisa to kiss Mikael without asking first? See screen shot posted directly above with Q09. Mikael and Lisa are characters in Tomboy (2011), first assigned here and, also reposted above with Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011).

11. .025 points, At least 10 words > Speaking of Mikael and Lisa again, do you think it was okay for Mikael to introduce himself to Lisa using a fake name? Mikael and Lisa are characters in Tomboy (2011), first assigned here and, also reposted above with Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011).

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12. .025 points, At least 25 words > In the early 20th century, Sigmund Freud theorized that humans are born with unfocused sexual drives, and therefore, homosexuality might be a deviation from a more “normal” heterosexual sex drive. [His most important articles on homosexuality were written between 1905, when he published Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, and 1922, when he published “Certain Neurotic Mechanisms in Jealousy, Paranoia, and Homosexuality].” So, here goes: Would you say 10-year old Mikael and 10-year old Lisa had an unfocused sex drive? Mikael and Lisa are characters in Tomboy (2011), first assigned here and, also reposted above with Q03. Be sure to explain and defend your response by specifically referencing Tomboy (2011).

13. .025 points, At least 25 words, Note the point value change > According to the audio essay posted directly below, how long did it take and what specifically had to happen for Freudian psychoanalysts to formally and officially change the Freudian theory that homosexuality was a mental and social pathology. Pathology in this instance just means “disease.”

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14. .025 points, Word counts explained below, Note the word count change > Listen to the little snippets of audio stories posted directly below and just tell me how each one captures the ways that gender identity and sexual identity are linked to one another. In other words, for each person below, how is being a socially successful boy or girl, man or woman linked to being a socially successful heterosexual or homosexual human. The answer won’t always be super obvious. And just as one last note: You will also be using these little audio snippets for Q15 and Q16, so you might want to scroll down to see what else you should listen for.

15. .025 points, At least 10 words, Note the word count change > I ordered that little series of audio snippets assigned with Q13 to create a story about the human life course, i.e., a story about what it means to grow up and into one’s ego and gender and sexual identity. How is this story about the human life course created by these audio snippets different than the one Michael Apt created through the Up series? I assigned the Up series on A04.

Girlhood

Girlhood into adulthood

Adulthood into adult sexual identity and womanhood into manhood

Manhood into womanhood

Being a man who is called a “sissy”

Don’t drive yourself crazy with this question. There are really obvious ways the audio snippets assigned for Q13 are different from Apt’s series. For one thing, Apt’s study was longitudinal and followed a set of humans who were all the same age through their respective lives and in the collection of audio snippets assigned with Q13, every human featured is a different age … Just look for some obvious difference like that 😉 Your answer only needs to be 10 words and the whole idea of this question is just to remind you that we looked at the human life course before getting into all this Freudian theory about how the id and superego and ego, as well as gender and sexual identity, develops over the life course.

Freud based most of his theories about gender and sexuality

On wealthy, white, adult Austrian men

16. .025 points, Word counts explained below, Note the word count change > Listen to the little snippets of audio stories posted directly below, (they are the same ones assigned with Q13), and just tell me how each one is about social class, culture and whiteness using no more than 25 words for each and without using the words “social class,” “culture” and “white privilege.” Need some quick definitions? I posted some below directly below the stories. Be sure to explain and defend each response.

Some quick definitions for Q16

  • Social class is a division of a society based on social and economic status.
  • Culture is the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. It can also be the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
  • White privilege (or white skin privilege) is the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. With roots in European colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade, and the growth of the Second British Empire after 1783, white privilege has developed in circumstances that have broadly sought to protect white racial privileges, various national citizenships and other rights or special benefits.

Two more Freudian theories to learn

17. 1 point, At least 25 words, Note the point value and word count change > Does the film Tomboy (2011), first assigned for A04 and also posted on this assignment with Q03, give us enough information about Mikael’s family to determine whether or not he is suffering from either the Oedipal complex, the Electra complex or both? Be sure to show that you read through the little textbook descriptions of the Oedipal complex and the Electra complex below and to explain and defend your response with specific reference to Tomboy (2011).

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