Topic: Essay on Methods and Media
Instruction:
his is an course work for class of PSYCHOLOGY/ SOCIOLOGY. Here is the Direction:
“Methods and the Media”
Find a news report about a recent scientific study. It doesn’t have to be a psychology study.
Provide a link to or copy of the report so that your TA can refer to it when reading your
reflection paper and potentially use it as an example in the class discussion. Are the claims made or implied in the article’s headline and main text supported by the scientific
evidence provided in the article? Are causal claims being made based on correlational
data? Might there be a third variable at play that could explain the results, self-selection or other issues emphasized in Chapter 2? Can you think of any alternative explanations for the results relevant to the concepts discussed in Chapter 2 of GKCN? If so, consider what kind(s) of evidence one would need in order to support the journalist’s claims.
Relevant reading: GKCN Chapter 2″
No of Pages: 1