Produce a critical summary of the adapted text ‘Close Relationship

Produce a critical summary of the adapted text ‘Close Relationships, Gender, and Career Salience’ by Miguel Moya, Francisca Exposito, and Josefa Ruiz. Please follow the guidelines in the attached file.

Learning outcomes to be assessed:

1. Practice the skill of evaluation and appraise their reading in the context of other information and academic sources;
2. Understand and demonstrate active, purposeful and critical reading through completion of critical synopses of texts.

 

Specific skills to be assessed:

• Ability to identify arguments.
• Ability to recognise and note the structure of the argument and main claims made.
• Ability to evaluate the use of evidence used in support of an argument.

TASK

Produce a critical summary of the adapted text ‘Close Relationships, Gender, and Career Salience’ by Miguel Moya, Francisca Exposito, and Josefa Ruiz.

Source: journal article

Authors: Miguel Moya, Francisca Exposito, and Josefa Ruiz

Publication date: 2000

Title of article: Close Relationships, Gender, and Career Salience

Title of journal: Sex Roles

Volume/Issue of Journal: 42, 9/10

Pages: pp. 825-837
You must read all the entire source and summarise as follows:

1. Your summary should then clearly identify the central argument conveyed by the article. It should also identify what you think are the main supporting claims and summarise the evidence offered by the author (150-200 words).

(Material selected highlights very clearly a central conclusion or argument within the text.

Material selected highlights very clearly at least two claims which are used in the text directly to support the selected conclusion / argument.

Material selected highlights very clearly the principle evidence or examples used to support the selected claims.)

 

2. You also need to comment on whether you are persuaded to accept any of the points within the article and explain your reasoning (150-200 words).

(Comments are insightful in places and entirely reasoned throughout demonstrating full understanding of the text.)