Post by Maria Iannizzi on Sept 13, 2017 19:25:44 GMT
Primarily, this is cause and effect. This is because she is applying a type of therapy (cause) to each person with depression, and is taking down the level of their depression post-treatment (effect). Additionally, cause and effect is fact/data based, and she is collecting this data/facts of which therapy helped by taking note of it. In normative science, she may be studying the people and their feelings more in depth, or focus in on the treatment itself rather than the overall effect.
The dependant variable is going to be the severity of the depression, considering this is likewise the effect post treatment. The independent variable is going to be the different types of therapy applied, which is also the cause (persons depression may or may not change because of this).
regarding any variables that need to be controlled, it is possible that the environment of these people may have to be controlled. for example, while applying a cognitive type therapy, a person who is in a negative environment through treatment may receive less benefits from the treatment versus a person undergoing cognitive therapy in a positive environment. The positive and negative reassurances in each environment may clash with the persons mindset, and therefore make a cognitive therapy (which is mostly focused on thinking and the mind) ineffective. Thus, the environment a person is in while undergoing treatment may be a variable which needs to be controlled. This may be controlled within a lab depending on the type of therapy/what is involved or placing individuals in 'rehabilitating' homes/environments to which they give consent.
The dependant variable is going to be the severity of the depression, considering this is likewise the effect post treatment. The independent variable is going to be the different types of therapy applied, which is also the cause (persons depression may or may not change because of this).
regarding any variables that need to be controlled, it is possible that the environment of these people may have to be controlled. for example, while applying a cognitive type therapy, a person who is in a negative environment through treatment may receive less benefits from the treatment versus a person undergoing cognitive therapy in a positive environment. The positive and negative reassurances in each environment may clash with the persons mindset, and therefore make a cognitive therapy (which is mostly focused on thinking and the mind) ineffective. Thus, the environment a person is in while undergoing treatment may be a variable which needs to be controlled. This may be controlled within a lab depending on the type of therapy/what is involved or placing individuals in 'rehabilitating' homes/environments to which they give consent.