10 MODERN ADDICTIONS


Situation: description of a state of affairs, description often giving some reasons and background information


Description of research method 1: design description of the study: participants, data collection and analysis method, tasks, results


Description of research method 2: design description of the study: participants, data collection and analysis method, tasks, results


Evaluation of method(s): comparison of methods; limitations; opinion on advantages and disadvantages of the


methods + justification; an opinion on which is the best option + justification


Tell students they will plan (and possibly write) this essay. Answers


Model answers: 1 Description and evaluation. 2 Definition, analysis and evaluation.


3 Description, analysis, then comparison and evaluation/argument/opinion, plus support (see table above).


Exercise B


Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Feed back with the whole class.


Answers


Model answers: Situation


Research method 1


Two studies of body weight, diet and eating disorders.


Rizvi, Stice & Agras’ study: participants –


postpartum women; data collection method – self-reporting questionnaire + Eating Disorder Inventory, Body Mass index; results – (i) abnormal dieting patterns decreased over time, (ii) scores in body dissatisfaction increased


Research method 2


Heatherton, Mahamedi, Striepe and Keel’s


field study: participants – college students, age 20–22; data collection method – assessment and EDI; results – risk of eating disorder decreases with maturity


Comparison Rizvi study – self-reporting and of 1 & 2


questionnaire results conflicted; limitation – only one gender, only two data sources, recent childbirth affected results. Heatherton study – assessment g results clear; limitation – only two data sources


Exercise C


Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Feed back with the whole class.


Exercise E


1 Set for pairwork discussion. Students may want to follow up Keel’s article (source of Text A) for details about other research methods used in her study, as well as referring to the texts they have discussed in this lesson. Remind students about the basic structure of an essay (introduction – main body – conclusion).


If you wish, you can give students the first two columns of the table in the Answers section, with the third column empty for them to complete.


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Questionnaires and assessments


comparison, argument and evaluation


Language note


The family name of the author referred to in this text is ‘Koran’. If you think there could be any confusion, you can explain to the class that this does not refer to the Islamic Holy Book. Ask students: How do Koran’s criteria for addiction match those described by Griffiths?


Answers


Model answers: Proposition


Supporting point 1


Supporting point 2


compulsive buying is a psychiatric disorder


compulsive buyers obsessed with urge to buy unnecessary items


compulsive buyers suffer distress and conflict with social responsibilities


Koran’s criteria match Griffiths’ criteria of: salience, tolerance and conflict with social functions.


Exercise D


Set for pairwork discussion. Feed back with the whole class. Accept any reasonable suggestions. Common- sense answers are also suitable here.


Answers Possible answers:


Data Collection Methods


Self-reporting Advantages


responses reflect individual perceptions


Disadvantages subjective


may be inconsistent may be inaccurate interpretation may be affected by researcher bias


easy to apply standardized questions objective


responses easy to convert to statistics


questions may not apply to individual participants


responses may not be accurate


interpretation of statistics may be affected by researcher bias


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