Knowledge, The New Sexy

Blog Post #4 Activities for Chapter 5 I choose a quantitative research article for this activity. It researched opiods and social bonding while studying naltrexone and its reduction of feelings of social connection. Some of the characteristics of the report that led me to believe that it is an example of quantitative research were the use of words such as, "statistical analysis", "theory", "hypothesis", and "data".  This study is experimental because data is taken and measured in a laboratory.  The study is experimental and set up as a double-blind study  Experimental. The types of measures used were a scale to rate feelings of social connectedness, a daily diary and statistical analysis. I believe that the researcher provided enough information for me to respect their adequacy for use in this experiment. I also think that double-blind studies are more valid and reliable (if they truly are double-blind). Participants were recruited via f...

Chapter 3 Activities I was excited about this activity although it became much more involved than I expected. I went to four different data bases because my studies and field is broad. With that being said, I have to narrow down my topic and that is not always easy when a great amount of the information seems interesting, if not useful.  Some of the data was from medical data bases and I also used some of the psychology data bases because much of the descriptors interface in these areas. There was more opportunity to find data in the psychology data bases due to the material being exceptionally relevant to the research that I am studying. I was reviewing research from 2010 to the present and sometimes that can be limiting but I did find an array of potential articles to choose from.  A few of the descriptors I used were those concerned with human connection and communication. One site alone made over 14,000 results available. It can become a game when you have to continu...

Blog Post #2   A Novice's Review Literature Review A  A. Have the reviewers clearly identified the topic of the review? Have they indicated its delimitations? (For instance, is it limited to a certain type of individual or certain period of time? Does it deal only with certain aspects of the problem? The reviewers clearly identify the topic and specify the limitations by defining that the topic "among college students" and gender differences were also examined with regard to results. The body outlines more information to clarify different types of bullying, the prevalence rates and touches on coping methods to deal with the problem. The review is substantial but there is more information available on coping methods for cyber-bullying, however the writers may have felt that they have made their point. B. Have the reviewers written a cohesive essay that guides you through the literature from subtopic to subtopic? Explain. The reviewers have written a cohesive e...