Does dose influence engagement levels and does it matter where the treatment occurs?Discuss

The assignment is, “As the person with the most solid statistical expertise in the team, you have been asked to compile a concise and professional report that will specifically answer the team queries. The queries are: 1. Does the psylocibin treatment specifically work over time, and if so how? 2. Your boss wants to know whether the treatment works specifically for people who receive no other treatment. Are their symptoms different at baseline compared with the last time they are measured? 3. The nurses have reported that males seem to be happier with the treatment process (i.e.,

they report higher levels of satisfaction compared to females). Your boss suggests if this is true perhaps the next study phase should be done on males only. What is your recommendation? 4. Does dose influence engagement levels and does it matter where the treatment occurs? In other words, do treatment dose and study centre influence engagement? Provide a full analysis.”

Compare and contrast Piaget’s, Vygotsky’s, and the Information Processing theory’s approach to the mechanisms of cognitive change (i.e., Piaget: disequilibrium, cognitive conflict, equal-status peer discussion, change through self-discovery, opportunities to practice new schema.

Compare and contrast Piaget’s, Vygotsky’s, and the Information Processing theory’s approach to the mechanisms of cognitive change (i.e., Piaget: disequilibrium, cognitive conflict, equal-status peer discussion, change through self-discovery, opportunities to practice new schema; Vygotsky: guidance by more knowledgeable person in ZPD assisting with things child can’t do independently, increasing internalization of self-guidance, reliance; Information Processing: selective attention, automaticity/fluency; transfer of skills, metacognition).

Do any of the websites you located address potential mental health issues? If so, which ones? How are they addressed?

Which of the websites is most effective with increasing self-esteem in middle childhood children? Why?
Which activities on the website would be most beneficial or most interesting to children?
Do any of the websites you located address potential mental health issues? If so, which ones? How are they addressed?
Do any of the websites you located address bullying? If so, how?
In what ways could a teacher incorporate the activities on the website into their class assignments?

What are some of the benefits that Delvin will gain in collecting his data this way (think in terms of benefits to society as well as benefits to participants)?

Description

(taken from Mitchell, Furlong, Lafontana, Jolley, Lovelace & Lovelace (2006). Research, Design and Analysis in Psychology I. Wadsworth; New York, NY.)

Ethical Question: The ethical problems with choosing variables?

Delvin wants to do a study on drug use in college students. He wants to examine whether students are honest in admitting whether or not they do drugs and also if their GPA is affected by their drug use.

To measure drug use, Delvin decides to measure the variable in several different ways. He first asks students in randomly selected courses to fill out a brief questionnaire which asks them questions such as, “Have you ever done drugs?” and “How many drugs do you do in a typical week?” Then, to make sure people are being truthful, he goes to some of the popular raves in the area and inconspicuously observes the number of times a student does drugs. Delvin does the observation over the course of the semester. To measure GPAs, he also asks participants to report on their GPAs, then he verifies whether they are being honest by gaining access to the computer system in the registrar’s office. He wants to see if a student’s GPA decreases after a semester of partying.

Reflection Questions:

1. What are some of the obvious ethical problems with Delvin’s study?

2. What are some of the benefits that Delvin will gain in collecting his data this way (think in terms of benefits to society as well as benefits to participants)?

3. Do you feel that the benefits outweigh the risks? Explain.