Bryant HUSS125 Week 2 Assignment CAT Latest 2019 April

HUSS125 Family Theory & Services

Week 2 Assignment

CAT

Completing this Assessment will help you to meet the following:

Course Outcome

•             Analyze the historical to contemporary theoretical evolution of family and relationship theories.

Directions

This week you will complete a timeline and a corresponding narrative of at least 500 words in length.This timeline and narrative will be used to analyze how theories pertaining to families and relationships have changed over time.

In completing the timeline and accompanying narrative, the information and links provided in the Week 2 lecture will be particularly helpful.  You may also conduct your own research using outside scholarly sources if you wish.  Make sure to cite any references used.

To begin, fill in the timeline template provided in Appendix A of this document (starting on page 5).  Bullet points are included in the template to help you organize your thoughts.  Each row of the timeline represents a different theory or theorist important in explaining family and relationship dynamics.  Note that the order of this timeline is approximate.  Many of the theorists were working at the same time, had multiple publications, or built off of one another’s ideas, causing the dates to overlap a bit.

The first row of the timeline has been completed for you as an example.  For each of the remaining rows, please do the following within the timeline (in your own words):

•             Briefly describe the important contributions/tenets of that particular theory or theorist.  Pay special attention to their ideas about family (remember: theorists who talk about the infleunce of the “environment” are likely talking in part about family).

•             In your description, try to focus on what helps to differentiate this particular theory/theorist from the others listed in the timeline.

Once you have completed the timeline, write a narrative at least 500 words in length in which you compare and contrast the ideas from the theorists/theories summarized in your timeline.  Detail any key themes you noticed in how theories about families and relationships have changed over time.  A template for the organization of your narrative is provided below the timeline in Appendix A of this document (beginning on page 5).