Submit: Theories and Theorists

This week, you will submit the Theories and Theorists assignment introduced in Week 3.

You were assigned a chapter this week that will assist you in completing this assignment. To complete this Application:

• Review Chapter 6 in the course text,  A Primer in Theory Construction.
  
  
• Review the Use of Theory Checklist handout to help pinpoint key elements of theory in research articles.
  
  

  The assignment:

  • Craft a 4- to 5-page paper in which you address the following instructions and questions:
    
    
  • • Identify  two key theories in your field.
      
      
    • Identify the theorist(s) and sources of the theories (key articles or books) in your discipline.
      
      
    • Describe the basic tenets of these theories.
      
      
    • Analyze the relationship between the two theories that you have found.
      
      
    • Explain why these theories are so important to your discipline and how they relate to the research that you are interested in doing.
      
      
    • Include a reference list for the five "classics" or influential works you have found