Psychology - Research Techniques
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PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH METHODS
Sexual Lyrics Prompt Teens to Have Sex: The research method used in the referenced study was primarily survey/interview and correlation. The researchers collected their data by conducting telephone interviews with teenagers. The researchers then correlated the data to the research question and formed conclusions based on the apparent correlation between exposure to sexually suggestive lyrics and early sexual activity. The following passage provides this information:
The study, based on telephone interviews with 1,461 participants aged 12 to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, being released Monday. Most participants were virgins when they were first questioned in 2001. Follow-up interviews were done in 2002 and 2004 to see if music choice had influenced subsequent behavior." The article strongly suggests that exposure to sexually explicit lyrics is a contributing factor to earlier sexual conduct among teens, which may be true. However, the research cited is incapable of distinguishing cause and effect, because it may be that teens already inclined to early sexuality are simply more interested in sexually explicit music and other forms of entertainment.
Article 2 - Teens Who Watched Wrestling More Violent:
The research method used in the referenced study was primarily survey/interview and correlation. The researchers collected their data by surveying and interviewing teenagers. The researchers then correlated the data to the research question and formed conclusions based on the apparent correlation between exposure to a specific form of televised violence and the incidence of actual violence among those teenagers
The following passage provides this information:
team led by Robert H. DuRant, a professor of pediatrics, social science and health policy at Wake Forest's Baptist Medical Center, surveyed about 2,000 students in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County public high schools in the fall of 1999 and again in April 2000."
The article strongly suggests that exposure to violence on television (in the form of professional wrestling) is a contributing factor to violence among teens, which may be true. However, the research cited is incapable of distinguishing cause and effect, because it may be that teens already inclined to violence are simply more interested in violent television content and other forms of entertainment.
