Online Assignment #1
Chapter 4: Research Methods for Studying Mental Disorders
Laypeople (and some mental health professionals) often make two assumptions about alcohol use and anxiety. F
1. First they assume that the two are positively correlated (as anxiety increases so does consumption).
2. Second they assume that anxiety causes alcohol consumption.
Because these assumptions are often based on armchair speculation there is no way to determine whether they are correct.
Researchers use various methods of research. Your assignment is to propose aresearch study (using the experimental longitudinal or field method) that might shed light on the accuracy of the 2 assumptions above.
First you should brainstorm and read the specific features of the three methods of research:
1. Experimental
2. Longitudinal
3. Field
Next you need to choose what you think is the best way to study the problem given the constraints of the research method. Money and logistics are of no concern.
Finally you need to write a 2-3-page paper describing your study. double spaced.
Researchers can have honest differences of opinion about how to
Skin the cat and that no one way is perfect.
Please no plagrasim no spilling or grammar mistakes