Instructions:
Answer all questions. Be sure that you read each question carefully and respond to each part. Be sure that you read the question carefully and respond to each part. I will expect you to use course concepts, including material we discuss in class. Note: each question includes a critical thinking component: extrapolate on an issue using course material that is not explicitly addressed. Your response should be typed, double spaced, and consistent with guidelines from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (fourth edition).
1.
On the first exam, you identified tools to evaluate theories that you
will now use to critique one theory of human development.
Use material from chapters one, twenty-three, and twenty-four of the Sourcebook,
Readings 1-4, and material from class lecture to evaluate one theory of human
development (e.g., human ecology theory, developmental psychology
theory or social cognitive behavioral theory).
Your critique should demonstrate that you understand the material by
providing a review of the major constructs, assumptions, and propositions.
Use at least six criteria from chapter one as well as other relevant
material to critique the theory that you choose.
You should also explicitly address the ways in which the theory is
sensitive to pluralistic experience (emphasizing race and gender issues) and
include suggestions for improving the theory in that area.
To what extent does the theory address attachment issues?
What are the implications of this theory for attachment? Discuss implications for family policy. Be sure to provide a discussion of the strengths of the
theory that you review. Option:
If you are a doctoral student preparing for prelims, I would strongly encourage
you to identify and locate at least three research articles inspired by the
theory you chose and to briefly summarize aspects of the study that are
consistent with the theory.
2.
The format for this question is similar to the first question. Use
material from chapters one, twenty-three, and twenty-four of the Sourcebook,
Readings 1-4, and material from class lecture to evaluate symbolic
interactionism. Your
critique should demonstrate that you understand the material by providing a
review of the major constructs, assumptions, and propositions.
Use at least six criteria from chapter one as well as other relevant
material to critique the theory that you choose.
You should also explicitly address the ways in which the theory is
sensitive to pluralistic experience (emphasizing race and gender issues) and
include suggestions for improving the theory in that area.
To what extent does the theory address attachment issues?
What are the implications of this theory for attachment?
Discuss implications for family policy.
Be sure to provide a discussion of the strengths of the theory that you
review. Option: If you are a
doctoral student preparing for prelims, I would strongly encourage you to
identify and locate at least three research articles inspired by the theory you
chose and to briefly summarize aspects of the study that are consistent with the
theory.