a online.cfcc.edu Assignment 3-PSY 281 Home-myCFCC ASSignment Create Journal Entry Journal Instructions A Directions Please determine which research method is being used in the following examples: Case Study, Correlation, and Experiment.
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a online.cfcc.edu Assignment 3-PSY 281 Home-myCFCC ASSignment Create Journal Entry Journal Instructions A Directions Please determine which research method is being used in the following examples: Case Study, Correlation, and Experiment. For correlations, please indicate the type (positive or negative). For experiments, please identify the independent variable and the dependent variable. Click Create Journal Entry (above) to submit answers. Type your name in the tite box and the question numbers and answers in the message box 1. Two groups of adolescents, suffering from OCD, are being studied to determine if behavior therapy is more effective then medication 2. Eve suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder.. She has been working closely with her therapist for the last five years to determine which specific life stressors are most likely to lead to an episode of dissociation. 3. The CDI (children's depression inventory) was given to all the chidren in an orphanage. The results showed that the longer children had lived in the orphanage, the higher their scores on the inventory 4. Ben, a graduate student in clinical psychology, is counseling Fennimore Jones in a small room in the neuropsychiatric hospital. Fennimore was admitted to the hospital when he came to the student health clinic complaining that he hears voices shouting obscenities at him. After each session, Ben writes a report detailing Fennimore's verbal and nonverbal behavior and his interpretations of the behavior 5. A clinical researcher is interested in determining if group therapy or individual therapy is more effective in treating PTSD. 6. To examine the hypothesis 'psychosis is related to high temperature', a psychologist goes around and measures these variables to see if there is a relationship. This Journal has no entries Use the funcrion above to add one!
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1- in this study, the experimental method has been using, the first group would get CBT while others wouldn’t. The independent variables in this study would be gender, age, and medical factors while the dependent variable would be the effects of CBT and behaviors.
2- For this study, we can use the case study method to identify the most relevant stressors, the case study will help us to find the social, pathological and psychological reasons related to the problem.
3- In this study, we can use the correlational method and find the correlation between inventory and time duration in an orphanage. The positive correlation between inventory and time duration would be analyzed in this study.
4- Ben can use the case study method for this research as he is new in the field and experiencing cases with the help of long term study and analysis.
5- The researcher may use the experimental method, one group would be given group therapy while another would be placebo, in this research, IV would be gender, age, and DV would be therapy and effects used by the researcher.
6- To find the relationship between variables and conditions, the correlational study would be preferred. The psychologist could measure both positive and negative correlations to validate the research.