Playing a Victim

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of gender typicality on popularity and mental health in a psychological context.

Show Notes Lemuel: Imagine for a moment that you are a junior psychology major at a 4-year university in an upper level psychology class called “Lifespan Development.” You are given an assignment. You are to read an article and write a 650 word reaction paper demonstrating that you read the assigned article and includes a thoughtful reaction to the material presented in the article. The rubric is specific. 10 points will be deducted if your paper is between 620 and 649 words and no credit will be given if under 620 words. There should be a thoughtful discussion of some aspect of the article such as a discussion of why you feel the topic is worthy of study, or not or an application of the study results to your own experiences. The best reaction papers illustrate that the students have read the materials and engaged in critical thinking about some aspect of the article. There will be three metrics evaluated: does the paper show a clear tie-in to the article, does it present a thoughtful reaction or response to the article and is the paper clearly written. The abstract of the assigned article is as follows: The current study examines whether being high in gender typicality is…

People in this episode

Host: Lemuel Gonzalez

Topics covered

• psychology
• gender typicality
• mental health
• popularity
• teasing

Keywords

• gender typicality
• popularity
• mental health
• teasing
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lifespan Development

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