Read the question carefully and answer all parts of the question. You must make reference to and/or directly quote from the texts and lecture notes.
Include an information literacy source (outside source) in your answer. You automatically lose 10 points if you fail to use an outside source.
Answer has to demonstrate that you have read and comprehended the texts and lecture notes
Required texts to answer question:
Coontz, S. (2005). Marriage, a history: From obedience to intimacy, or how love conquered marriage . Viking Adult. ISBN: 067003407X
Hrdy, S. B. (2009). Mothers and others: The evolutionary origins of mutual understanding . Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03299-6
O’Neill, E. (1955). Long day’s journey into night , (2nd ed.). Yale University Press. ISBN: 0300093055 or ISBN: 9780300093056.
Scarf, M. (1997). Intimate Worlds: How Families Thrive and Why They Fail. Ballantine Books. ISBN-13: 978- 0345406675
Small, M. F. (1998). Our babies, ourselves: How biology and culture shape the way we parent . Anchor Books/Random House. ISBN: 0385483627
lectures are attached
question-
In this course we have seen how biology, anthropology, history, literature and psychology can shed light on the nature of family life. How do the contributions from each of the authors and disciplines help us understand the nature of families? What are the limits of each author and/or discipline? How well can the findings of these works be integrated? What do we still need to know about the family that these books and our discussions have not covered?
