If you were going to design a study investigating the relationship between alcohol and violence?

Question

Which of these research methods would you choose and why? case study, naturalistic observation, correlational research, survey research, or the experimental method
What would be the relative strengths and weaknesses of this study? What ethical considerations must be taken into account while undertaking this study?

Answer 1

The experimental method is definitely out. It is not exactly ethical to feed someone alcohol and then provoke them to become violent. Naturalistic observation would be very difficult - how would one monitor the amount of alcohol consumed or how does one follow up with whether someone acted out or not?

I would think that case studies and perhaps survey research would be the most appropriate methods. The strengths would include ethical compliance, a viable research method and perhaps the compilation of verifiable data. The weaknesses would include distortion in self report often associated with surveys and the sometimes unreliability of case studies that may or may not be an accurate reflection of a particular subject. Case studies may also be clouded with the notion that the subject's circumstances may be too specialized and may not accurately reflect the general population.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

There is no "right" answer. Your instructor (this is an intro to psych test question?) wants you to demonstrate you can define the methods by showing an understanding of the pros/cons of each method.

Make a short bullet list of worthy points from your textbook of each of the methods and you should be able to work through this question in your own words. As long as you back it up and stay consistent with your answer, it is grade A. I'd point you toward corelational research but answer what you feel most confident with if you really had to do it.

Answer 3

i think of each study particularly as under reference can grant comparable effect.this is probably frustration and jealousy bring about alcoholic persons coming up violence basing on inferiority complicated against gentry type people of society.

Answer 4

correlation, naturalostic maybe, but this is off subject i wanted to say check out people with abonormalities in the xy chromosomes, men with two y chromosomes have very high testorome and end up going on rages

Answer 5

that marijauna should be legalized because the guy who is drunk will start a fight every time,ethical , hmmmmmmm survey says America is an over medicated,depressed,oh we got bombed imagine that,like it was ok if everybody else is,that brew was invented in Christs time,my lawd they crucified there!wish I could give you a better answer...just dont know