A case study Consider the case of Jack (33) and his partner Alana (29), who have a son Adam (4) and are expecting their second child. Alana and Jack have been together for 6 years. They met at a bar when Jack travelled to London for business. She recounts that she and Jack “were mad for one another” and “I adored him”, relating a satisfying sexual relationship. Alana, the oldest of three siblings, described her family as disconnected, with her father as a “mean drunk” and her mother as a “mouse”. Alana decided to immigrate to Australia with Jack. Alana is a nurse and describes a successful career. She recounts that when she first met Jack, he was one of the first men who she felt she could depend on and found him willing to “just be with me”. However, after a few months of living together, Jack started picking on Alana for the way she dresses, for the friends that she started hanging out with, became scathing about her job and her capability as a nurse. He also began to “lose his temper” over small things, often and increasingly frequent – he broke things, and twice punched a hole in the door. Alana started walking on eggshells and doubting her own capability; and because she looks up to Jack, who is charming and runs a very successful marketing business, started to think there was something wrong with her and that if she only did everything right, the way Jack liked it, everything would be alright – Jack would once again become the loving, adoring partner and they could go back to the good times they had in the beginning of the relationship. Despite her misgivings, Alana and Jack proceeded with starting a family. When Adam was born, Alana asked Jack to attend counselling to “learn to control his temper”. Alana has to account for her whereabouts every hour of every day. She is not allowed to see her friends now. If she does something wrong Jack punishes her by days of silent treatment, and invariably blames Alana for his outbursts. Their arguments have escalated and become even more frequent over the years. Jack is now both verbally and has been physically abusive. Jack is very remorseful after any incident in which he has physically abused Alana and always promises that “it will never happen again”. Alana feels she has to tiptoe around Jack and is worried about the effect of all this arguing on their son. She is also worried that his physical abuse is becoming more frequent and is concerned for her future now that she is pregnant again. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks we have covered in class ( 1) Attachment Theory & 2) Feminist Theory – including Social Construction Theory which you can use together with Feminism), present a well-condensed interpretation of the case. Use the characteristics of this particular case study to highlight theoretical positions, rather than a general theoretical interpretation of the phenomena presented. In other words, how do the two theoretical frameworks help you make sense of what is going on in this intimate relationship? Please do not use other theoretical perspectives in this unit except what is stated above. Please write in APA 7 format and style, including references, i.e., double-spaced and 12pt font. You do not need a long introduction, or history or conclusion as it is not an essay. Focus on interpreting the factors related to the case study. You may make some assumptions about other factors that contribute to the couple’s situation, but that is not the main focus of the task – that is simply to ease your analysis of the case. Moreover, while you may mention that therapy assists, the task is not about therapeutic ways of intervening but rather on how to understand the situation presented. Please do not use many direct quotes as the main task is to paraphrase what you have read in preparation for this assignment. Bear in mind that you should read and synthesise information from a number of sources whilst simultaneously highlighting the key points in order to reflect your knowledge of the subject matter. You need to select your words carefully so that they capture key points as concisely as possible. Certain key words are pertinent to the subject matter being addressed The goal is to write as succinctly as possible. Do not exceed but maintain the word count as this is part of the assessment criteria. Please do not write in summary form but in complete sentences demonstrating correct grammar usage. OBS: My idea is to write a brief intro <100 Use the elements of the relationship and explain in terms of theories (attachment theory, feminist theory, and social construction theory) Divide around 7 paragraphs where which have 1 idea (150-200 words) that has an explanation of the theory and take as an evidence example from the case. Each example is one problem of the relationship.A case study Consider the case of Jack (33) and his partner Alana (29), who have a son Adam (4) and are expecting their second child. Alana and Jack have been together for 6 years. They met at a bar when Jack travelled to London for business. She recounts that she and Jack “were mad for one another” and “I adored him”, relating a satisfying sexual relationship. Alana, the oldest of three siblings, described her family as disconnected, with her father as a “mean drunk” and her mother as a “mouse”. Alana decided to immigrate to Australia with Jack. Alana is a nurse and describes a successful career. She recounts that when she first met Jack, he was one of the first men who she felt she could depend on and found him willing to “just be with me”. However, after a few months of living together, Jack started picking on Alana for the way she dresses, for the friends that she started hanging out with, became scathing about her job and her capability as a nurse. He also began to “lose his temper” over small things, often and increasingly frequent – he broke things, and twice punched a hole in the door. Alana started walking on eggshells and doubting her own capability; and because she looks up to Jack, who is charming and runs a very successful marketing business, started to think there was something wrong with her and that if she only did everything right, the way Jack liked it, everything would be alright - Jack would once again become the loving, adoring partner and they could go back to the good times they had in the beginning of the relationship. Despite her misgivings, Alana and Jack proceeded with starting a family. When Adam was born, Alana asked Jack to attend counselling to “learn to control his temper”. Alana has to account for her whereabouts every hour of every day. She is not allowed to see her friends now. If she does something wrong Jack punishes her by days of silent treatment, and invariably blames Alana for his outbursts. Their arguments have escalated and become even more frequent over the years. Jack is now both verbally and has been physically abusive. Jack is very remorseful after any incident in which he has physically abused Alana and always promises that “it will never happen again”. Alana feels she has to tiptoe around Jack and is worried about the effect of all this arguing on their son. She is also worried that his physical abuse is becoming more frequent and is concerned for her future now that she is pregnant again. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks we have covered in class ( 1) Attachment Theory & 2) Feminist Theory - including Social Construction Theory which you can use together with Feminism), present a well-condensed interpretation of the case. Use the characteristics of this particular case study to highlight theoretical positions, rather than a general theoretical interpretation of the phenomena presented. In other words, how do the two theoretical frameworks help you make sense of what is going on in this intimate relationship? Please do not use other theoretical perspectives in this unit except what is stated above. Please write in APA 7 format and style, including references, i.e., double-spaced and 12pt font. You do not need a long introduction, or history or conclusion as it is not an essay. Focus on interpreting the factors related to the case study. You may make some assumptions about other factors that contribute to the couple's situation, but that is not the main focus of the task – that is simply to ease your analysis of the case. Moreover, while you may mention that therapy assists, the task is not about therapeutic ways of intervening but rather on how to understand the situation presented. Please do not use many direct quotes as the main task is to paraphrase what you have read in preparation for this assignment. Bear in mind that you should read and synthesise information from a number of sources whilst simultaneously highlighting the key points in order to reflect your knowledge of the subject matter. You need to select your words carefully so that they capture key points as concisely as possible. Certain key words are pertinent to the subject matter being addressed The goal is to write as succinctly as possible. Do not exceed but maintain the word count as this is part of the assessment criteria. Please do not write in summary form but in complete sentences demonstrating correct grammar usage. OBS: My idea is to write a brief intro <100 Use the elements of the relationship and explain in terms of theories (attachment theory, feminist theory, and social construction theory) Divide around 7 paragraphs where which have 1 idea (150-200 words) that has an explanation of the theory and take as an evidence example from the case. Each example is one problem of the relationship.A case study Consider the case of Jack (33) and his partner Alana (29), who have a son Adam (4) and are expecting their second child. Alana and Jack have been together for 6 years. They met at a bar when Jack travelled to London for business. She recounts that she and Jack “were mad for one another” and “I adored him”, relating a satisfying sexual relationship. Alana, the oldest of three siblings, described her family as disconnected, with her father as a “mean drunk” and her mother as a “mouse”. Alana decided to immigrate to Australia with Jack. Alana is a nurse and describes a successful career. She recounts that when she first met Jack, he was one of the first men who she felt she could depend on and found him willing to “just be with me”. However, after a few months of living together, Jack started picking on Alana for the way she dresses, for the friends that she started hanging out with, became scathing about her job and her capability as a nurse. He also began to “lose his temper” over small things, often and increasingly frequent – he broke things, and twice punched a hole in the door. Alana started walking on eggshells and doubting her own capability; and because she looks up to Jack, who is charming and runs a very successful marketing business, started to think there was something wrong with her and that if she only did everything right, the way Jack liked it, everything would be alright - Jack would once again become the loving, adoring partner and they could go back to the good times they had in the beginning of the relationship. Despite her misgivings, Alana and Jack proceeded with starting a family. When Adam was born, Alana asked Jack to attend counselling to “learn to control his temper”. Alana has to account for her whereabouts every hour of every day. She is not allowed to see her friends now. If she does something wrong Jack punishes her by days of silent treatment, and invariably blames Alana for his outbursts. Their arguments have escalated and become even more frequent over the years. Jack is now both verbally and has been physically abusive. Jack is very remorseful after any incident in which he has physically abused Alana and always promises that “it will never happen again”. Alana feels she has to tiptoe around Jack and is worried about the effect of all this arguing on their son. She is also worried that his physical abuse is becoming more frequent and is concerned for her future now that she is pregnant again. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks we have covered in class ( 1) Attachment Theory & 2) Feminist Theory - including Social Construction Theory which you can use together with Feminism), present a well-condensed interpretation of the case. Use the characteristics of this particular case study to highlight theoretical positions, rather than a general theoretical interpretation of the phenomena presented. In other words, how do the two theoretical frameworks help you make sense of what is going on in this intimate relationship? Please do not use other theoretical perspectives in this unit except what is stated above. Please write in APA 7 format and style, including references, i.e., double-spaced and 12pt font. You do not need a long introduction, or history or conclusion as it is not an essay. Focus on interpreting the factors related to the case study. You may make some assumptions about other factors that contribute to the couple's situation, but that is not the main focus of the task – that is simply to ease your analysis of the case. Moreover, while you may mention that therapy assists, the task is not about therapeutic ways of intervening but rather on how to understand the situation presented. Please do not use many direct quotes as the main task is to paraphrase what you have read in preparation for this assignment. Bear in mind that you should read and synthesise information from a number of sources whilst simultaneously highlighting the key points in order to reflect your knowledge of the subject matter. You need to select your words carefully so that they capture key points as concisely as possible. Certain key words are pertinent to the subject matter being addressed The goal is to write as succinctly as possible. Do not exceed but maintain the word count as this is part of the assessment criteria. Please do not write in summary form but in complete sentences demonstrating correct grammar usage. OBS: My idea is to write a brief intro <100 Use the elements of the relationship and explain in terms of theories (attachment theory, feminist theory, and social construction theory) Divide around 7 paragraphs where which have 1 idea (150-200 words) that has an explanation of the theory and take as an evidence example from the case. Each example is one problem of the relationship.A case study Consider the case of Jack (33) and his partner Alana (29), who have a son Adam (4) and are expecting their second child. Alana and Jack have been together for 6 years. They met at a bar when Jack travelled to London for business. She recounts that she and Jack “were mad for one another” and “I adored him”, relating a satisfying sexual relationship. Alana, the oldest of three siblings, described her family as disconnected, with her father as a “mean drunk” and her mother as a “mouse”. Alana decided to immigrate to Australia with Jack. Alana is a nurse and describes a successful career. She recounts that when she first met Jack, he was one of the first men who she felt she could depend on and found him willing to “just be with me”. However, after a few months of living together, Jack started picking on Alana for the way she dresses, for the friends that she started hanging out with, became scathing about her job and her capability as a nurse. He also began to “lose his temper” over small things, often and increasingly frequent – he broke things, and twice punched a hole in the door. Alana started walking on eggshells and doubting her own capability; and because she looks up to Jack, who is charming and runs a very successful marketing business, started to think there was something wrong with her and that if she only did everything right, the way Jack liked it, everything would be alright - Jack would once again become the loving, adoring partner and they could go back to the good times they had in the beginning of the relationship. Despite her misgivings, Alana and Jack proceeded with starting a family. When Adam was born, Alana asked Jack to attend counselling to “learn to control his temper”. Alana has to account for her whereabouts every hour of every day. She is not allowed to see her friends now. If she does something wrong Jack punishes her by days of silent treatment, and invariably blames Alana for his outbursts. Their arguments have escalated and become even more frequent over the years. Jack is now both verbally and has been physically abusive. Jack is very remorseful after any incident in which he has physically abused Alana and always promises that “it will never happen again”. Alana feels she has to tiptoe around Jack and is worried about the effect of all this arguing on their son. She is also worried that his physical abuse is becoming more frequent and is concerned for her future now that she is pregnant again. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks we have covered in class ( 1) Attachment Theory & 2) Feminist Theory - including Social Construction Theory which you can use together with Feminism), present a well-condensed interpretation of the case. Use the characteristics of this particular case study to highlight theoretical positions, rather than a general theoretical interpretation of the phenomena presented. In other words, how do the two theoretical frameworks help you make sense of what is going on in this intimate relationship? Please do not use other theoretical perspectives in this unit except what is stated above. Please write in APA 7 format and style, including references, i.e., double-spaced and 12pt font. You do not need a long introduction, or history or conclusion as it is not an essay. Focus on interpreting the factors related to the case study. You may make some assumptions about other factors that contribute to the couple's situation, but that is not the main focus of the task – that is simply to ease your analysis of the case. Moreover, while you may mention that therapy assists, the task is not about therapeutic ways of intervening but rather on how to understand the situation presented. Please do not use many direct quotes as the main task is to paraphrase what you have read in preparation for this assignment. Bear in mind that you should read and synthesise information from a number of sources whilst simultaneously highlighting the key points in order to reflect your knowledge of the subject matter. You need to select your words carefully so that they capture key points as concisely as possible. Certain key words are pertinent to the subject matter being addressed The goal is to write as succinctly as possible. Do not exceed but maintain the word count as this is part of the assessment criteria. Please do not write in summary form but in complete sentences demonstrating correct grammar usage.
OBS: My idea is to write a brief intro <100.
Use the elements of the relationship and explain in terms of theories (attachment theory, feminist theory, and social construction theory)
Divide around 7 paragraphs where which have 1 idea (150-200 words) that has an explanation of the theory and take as an evidence example from the case. Each example is one problem of the relationship.
