practical investigation Flashcards
what was the aim?
Investigated if attitudes towards eating disorders had changed since 1986
hypothesis?
We hypothesised there would be a positive difference in media attitudes towards EDs in 20023 compared to 1986.
(one-directional)
sample?
Sample consisted of 2 American articles, one from 1986 and a newer one from 2023.
what was key part of procedure?
assigned words rom articles and determined whether they portray a negative attitude towards eating disorders or not. We kept a tally of the negative words in each.
results?
Our result showed that 2023 had less neg words than 1986. (10 VS 24 NEG WORDS)
Conclusion?
we concluded that attitude towards ED have gotten less negative since 1986 to 2023.
generalisability?
Sample consisted of 2 American articles, one from 1986 and a newer one from 2023.
Very limited + culture bound sample. May not be generalisable to attitudes of other cultures. May not be gen to US due to small sample
reliability?
assigned words rom articles and determined whether they portray a negative attitude towards eating disorders or not. We kept a tally of the negative words in each. (stan proc.)
Study was done by 2 different psych classes and achieved came results + conclusion
Inter-rater reliability→ same results adds to reliability of the data
applicability?
more diagnosis in males in 1023 than in 1986. However, the rates of eating disorders including mortality have not significantly changed since 1986. (not as applicable)
validity?
no demand characteristics as journalists did not know they would be analysed → more valid
high ecological validity as analysing news article is an everyday task and is not artificial.
Experimenter bias→ may have influenced results as we wanted the 1986 article to be more negative. May have influenced analysis → unreliable + invalid results
ethics?
reductionist in nature → analysing + categorising (labelling someone as ‘negative’) may have been product of time or info availability
No ethical issues as there were no real pps
