practical

Question 1

clinical practical aim

Answer 1

investigate whether attitudes towards schizophrenics have changed overtime using 2 newspapers 1995 and 2018

Question 2

hypothesis

Answer 2

H: 2018 article will have significantly more positive refrences and fewer negative to schizophrenics compared to 1995

NH: no significant difference between positive and negative references to schizophrenics when analysing newspaper articles from 1995 and 2018

Question 3

procedure

Answer 3

1995 = london news group
2018 = the guardian

tallies produced using pre-agreed coding units
results compared and differences discussed

Question 4

results

Answer 4

1995 = 25 negative
2 positive

2018 = 10 negative
23 positive

Question 5

examples of positive and negative references within articles

Answer 5

1995: “schizophrenia stern and wild” (title)

2018: “prone to outbursts”
“bravely heroic” “an individuals struggle”

Question 6

evaluating practical

Answer 6

• good inter rater reliability
• good ecological validity
• good task validity
• good validity as both articles referred to schizophrenia
• subjectivity

Question 7

evaluating methodology

Answer 7

deep analysis of changing attitudes
- ensured 2 articles had similar content

• tallying positive and negative references are too broad
• subjective