The subject of the paper is Communication in Marriage – the differences in the way men and women communicate in marriage, and why these differences exist. Relate the content to the Social Learning Theory of Gender Development
Final Paper Instructions (due on Sunday of Week 7):
This assignment requires you to explore and integrate the concepts learned throughout this course. Submit a 6-8 page paper (excluding the title page, abstract page, and references section) in APA format (6th ed).
The goal of this paper is to examine the gender differences in a specific behavior (for example, personality, levels of aggression, rates of suicide, health, education, psychopathologies, etc. and anything else discussed within our textbook) within the field of gender psychology and to investigate the cause of the gender differences within the specific behavior.
The topic that you choose is up to you, but it must be something studied in the field of gender and it must be a well-studied, quantifiable behavior.
You will also select a theoretical approach of gender (see chapter five of the Brannon text) to research. It is important that you choose a theoretical approach that you understand and are comfortable discussing in detail.
You will be expected to not only summarize the theory you have chosen but also include research on the theoretical perspective. Lastly, you will conclude your paper with a summary of the main points and a discussion of future research in the subject area you selected based on your research.
This paper will require a minimum of 5 references (not including the textbook) and the references cannot be older than ten years. Quoting is not allowed as it does not add to the critical analysis of the content.
