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This week you have learned about the four primary perspectives in social psychology: sociocultural, evolutionary, social learning,
and social cognitive, all of which can be used to describe social interactions; however, depending on the situation, some may be a better fit than others.
Let’s consider an important issue in social psychology—aggression—specifically the gender differences in aggression.
For this discussion we will assume that men are more aggressive than women.
- Discuss how each perspective would explain this relationship.
- Out of these four perspectives share which one you believe has the best explanatory power for explaining why there is a gender difference in aggression.
- Discuss at least three assumptions that this perspective would make in explaining this relationship.
Another difficulty lies in the fear that gay fathers and lesbian mothers have regarding custody concerns should they disclose their sexual orientation (Patterson, 2000). It is clear that researchers may need to use alternative and creative sampling procedures to investigate the experience of gay and lesbian parents and their children within the contexts of eth- nic, racial, religious, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity. It will be important to know how these parents and children manage the multiple identities that they experience in a vari- ety of contexts.
Another important limit to the current research is the lack of attention to diversity within gay and lesbian families. The research has been primarily conducted with lesbian mothers and their children conceived through heterosexual relation- ships or via DI; custodial and noncustodial gay fathers have received relatively little attention. Few studies have explored lesbian and gay parents fostering and adopting children from this and other countries and the complex multicultural issues that may arise for these families in today’s society. In addi- tion, there appears to be no literature investigating the family dynamics associated with lesbian couples and gay male cou- ples having children together via DI or gay male couples and a single lesbian mother or lesbian couples and a single gay father.
