-Dugdale, David C.(2009). Alcohol Withdrawal. Medline Plus. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000764.htm on 18 Mar. 2010.
-Powell, Elizabeth (2004). Alcohol and Impulse Control. serendip. Retrieved from http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro04/web2/epoweel.html on 20 Mar. 2010.
-Parson, Tetyana (2003). Alcoholism and Its Effect on the Family. AllPsych Online. Retrieved from http:allpsych.com/journal/alcoholism/html on 19 Mar. 2010.
-Teague, Michael (2007). Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. 2nd ed. Retrieved on 19 Mar. 2010.
-Teague, Michael, Sara L.C. Mackenzie, and David M. Rosenthal. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. Brief ed. Retrieved on 18 Mar. 2010.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
RJA #14a: Application Project Progress Report
1)My application project is going to be a research journal about the activities of two alcoholics, one is a father and the other is a son. Their actions will be compared and so will how they develop stages of alcoholism. This journal will be written as if I had a camera that permanently followed the subjects without them knowing of the cameras' presence.
2)I've done about half of the work with the journal going into halfway the final date of observation. I gave some background information of the subjects at the beginning of the journal with information such as their age, gender, and their father and son relationship and the purpose of the observations.
3)I still need to finish the other half of the journal reaching the final date, include a conclusion or my analysis, and the 300 word essay explaining how I used my sources for the journal.
2)I've done about half of the work with the journal going into halfway the final date of observation. I gave some background information of the subjects at the beginning of the journal with information such as their age, gender, and their father and son relationship and the purpose of the observations.
3)I still need to finish the other half of the journal reaching the final date, include a conclusion or my analysis, and the 300 word essay explaining how I used my sources for the journal.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
RJA #13c: Application Project Example
http://www.valdosta.edu/~jhummel/psy310/journal.htm
-An observation journal entry can give insight of a person that is close with an alcoholic such as a family member or close friend. The journal will be in typical format of a journal; date, place, name of subject, to the observations. In the journal, the movements and action of the subject should be noted followed by feelings and thoughts about those actions with a concluding thought at the very end.
-An observation journal entry can give insight of a person that is close with an alcoholic such as a family member or close friend. The journal will be in typical format of a journal; date, place, name of subject, to the observations. In the journal, the movements and action of the subject should be noted followed by feelings and thoughts about those actions with a concluding thought at the very end.
RJA #13b: Application Project Plan
The application will be a journal entry of a person observing a person becoming an alcoholic. The entries will show the stages of alcoholism and how each step effects the alcoholic itself and the people around him/her. The person observing the alcoholic will be like a ghost, that no one notices there, the ghost doesn't have a professional background and explain things as an average person. The ghost will follow the person that will become an alcoholic over the course of two months.
RJA #13a: Word Cloud
Sunday, April 18, 2010
RJA #12b: Field Research Report
Interview with Dr. Wu
Q-Out of all the people you see here, what is the ratio for young people, lets say under 21, and adults which are older than 21?
A-Off the top of my head, I would say every one out of four people that come here is a teenager.
Q-Are the substances users here, regardless of age, act the same way?
A-I would have to say yes, many of them of both age groups come in with shakes and sweats, some of them are really angry, addiction is addiction no matter on who it is to be honest.
Q-There are many alcohol deterring advertisements out there, but they all seem to focus on age, which seems not as efficient to me, what is your thought on this matter?
A-Alcohol, drug, and almost ANY addiction is a negative thing, and yes I have noticed that age seems to be important in these advertisements too, I have to agree that age should not be the focus for addiction deterrence.
Survey
Q-If alcohol was given to an adult, of age 21 and up, and given to a teenager, age 12 to 18, who would you trust more with the substance, the adult or the teenager, and why?
A-18: Adults are more mature than teenagers and are trusted more on an average daily basis anyways
A-6: Teenagers in the present are capable of being more responsible than adults, they maybe younger but the lack of age makes them have more fear of the law.
A-2: The answer is not clearly black and white, it really depends on the individuals that are observed
Q-What would be the difference if an adolescent drinking and an adult drinking was compared?
A-17: Adolescents who drink will mature into "bad" adults.
Q-Out of all the people you see here, what is the ratio for young people, lets say under 21, and adults which are older than 21?
A-Off the top of my head, I would say every one out of four people that come here is a teenager.
Q-Are the substances users here, regardless of age, act the same way?
A-I would have to say yes, many of them of both age groups come in with shakes and sweats, some of them are really angry, addiction is addiction no matter on who it is to be honest.
Q-There are many alcohol deterring advertisements out there, but they all seem to focus on age, which seems not as efficient to me, what is your thought on this matter?
A-Alcohol, drug, and almost ANY addiction is a negative thing, and yes I have noticed that age seems to be important in these advertisements too, I have to agree that age should not be the focus for addiction deterrence.
Survey
Q-If alcohol was given to an adult, of age 21 and up, and given to a teenager, age 12 to 18, who would you trust more with the substance, the adult or the teenager, and why?
A-18: Adults are more mature than teenagers and are trusted more on an average daily basis anyways
A-6: Teenagers in the present are capable of being more responsible than adults, they maybe younger but the lack of age makes them have more fear of the law.
A-2: The answer is not clearly black and white, it really depends on the individuals that are observed
Q-What would be the difference if an adolescent drinking and an adult drinking was compared?
A-17: Adolescents who drink will mature into "bad" adults.
RJA #12: Annotated Bibliography, Part 3
-Teague, Michael, Sara L.C. Mackenzie, and David M. Rosenthal. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. Brief ed. NYC: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print
The authors explains the stages of alcoholism and people most prone to the stages. Pages 214-220 of the textbook gives an example of what may happen to people during their drinking and after drinking. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The authors did not put in their opinions or bias into the text as the textbook shows merely facts. The book provides examples of daily occurrences when dealing with alcohol with few that are not commonly known.
-The Century Council. "Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (National Statistics)." Web. 21 Mar. 2010
The author discusses the numbers of car accidents and fatalities of the accidents involved with alcohol in the year 2008. Roughly 32% of traffic fatalities were caused by alcohol, that 32% amounts to 11,773 out of 37,261 lives (The Century Council). In that year, it would mean one person would die every 45 minutes in a car accident due to alcohol in the United States after calculating it. The information given is the most up to date so far until the next alcohol related deaths census is conducted.
The authors explains the stages of alcoholism and people most prone to the stages. Pages 214-220 of the textbook gives an example of what may happen to people during their drinking and after drinking. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The authors did not put in their opinions or bias into the text as the textbook shows merely facts. The book provides examples of daily occurrences when dealing with alcohol with few that are not commonly known.
-The Century Council. "Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (National Statistics)." Web. 21 Mar. 2010
The author discusses the numbers of car accidents and fatalities of the accidents involved with alcohol in the year 2008. Roughly 32% of traffic fatalities were caused by alcohol, that 32% amounts to 11,773 out of 37,261 lives (The Century Council). In that year, it would mean one person would die every 45 minutes in a car accident due to alcohol in the United States after calculating it. The information given is the most up to date so far until the next alcohol related deaths census is conducted.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
RJA #11: Annotated Bibliography, Part 2
I apparently encountered some formatting errors that blogger disliked and butchered some of my MLA formatting so please just overlook them
-"Alcohol." The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. 20 Mar. 2010
The author is an organization that wishes to limit the problems of substance abuse in America, the organization reveals facts on how drugs (including alcohol) will effect a person in order to deter further substance abuse in America. Deaths and crime caused by alcohol are included to reinforce their goal to stop substance abuse. The short term effects of alcohol to the self includes dizziness, confusion, disturbed sleep, and loss of judgment. The author makes use of many other sources and includes links that go into more detail about a specific part of the problems.
-N.p,: n.p., n.d. David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Dire. Web. 18 Mar. 2010.
As doctors of the Divisions of Medicine, the authors specialize in understanding withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms occur when alcohol has basically become one with the body, and the body can barely function correctly without it. The symptoms start from small shakes, sweats, and irritation due to lack of alcohol to the more severe blackouts, fevers, and delirium. It is possible to die from withdrawal symptoms as things such as heart failure, high fever, and convulsions. The authors are thorough with their knowledge and provides examples for each case of withdrawal symptoms.
-Deustch, Josh. "Correlation vs. Causation." Statistics-Help. 3 May 2009. 21 Mar. 2010.
As a graduate student of Kiedelberg, the author explains what the difference between correlation and causation is, common misconceptions, and examples of each. Deustch mentions that people tend to make a conclusion on things that make sense to themselves and tend to forget looking at things from a different angle. Correlation vs. causation is easiest to understand in outrageous examples. On a very hot day, there is an increase of ice cream vendors out selling ice cream around the cities. Now obviously the hot weather causes people to want to eat cold food to cool off, however, if correlation and causation were confused, one could say the increased number of ice cream vendors raises the temperature. The author provides a good explanation for the commonly mistaken correlation vs. causation and adds examples that are easy to understand.
-Parson, Tetyana. "Alcoholism and Its Effect on the Family." AllPsych Online. 14 Dec. 2003, 10 Mar. 2010.
Parson is a psychologist that specializes in alcoholism and has personal experience with an alcoholic father in the family. The author describes and identifies stages of alcoholism and explains what causes the people to go to the next stage. Some people may stay at a certain stage for their whole lifetimes while others rush to the last phase which is also the most critical because it becomes nearly impossible to cure. The stages of change also changes what the family of the alcoholic will be like as well. The author has a professional and personal background of the subject which gives more insight on alcoholics and their families.
-Powell, Elizabeth “Alcohol and Impulse Control.” 14 Apr. 2004, 20 Mar. 2010
The author is a neurologist that has specializes in brain damage classification. The basics one would know about alcohol and the effect on the brain are included in the article as well as the more uncommon facts. Alcohol causes dizziness, confusion, or delirium in the person which turns off "impulse control" of a person. A drunk will act strictly on their peer will and not give it a second thought, no matter how ridiculous the idea conjured in the head is.
-"Alcohol." The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. 20 Mar. 2010
The author is an organization that wishes to limit the problems of substance abuse in America, the organization reveals facts on how drugs (including alcohol) will effect a person in order to deter further substance abuse in America. Deaths and crime caused by alcohol are included to reinforce their goal to stop substance abuse. The short term effects of alcohol to the self includes dizziness, confusion, disturbed sleep, and loss of judgment. The author makes use of many other sources and includes links that go into more detail about a specific part of the problems.
-N.p,: n.p., n.d. David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Dire. Web. 18 Mar. 2010.
As doctors of the Divisions of Medicine, the authors specialize in understanding withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms occur when alcohol has basically become one with the body, and the body can barely function correctly without it. The symptoms start from small shakes, sweats, and irritation due to lack of alcohol to the more severe blackouts, fevers, and delirium. It is possible to die from withdrawal symptoms as things such as heart failure, high fever, and convulsions. The authors are thorough with their knowledge and provides examples for each case of withdrawal symptoms.
-Deustch, Josh. "Correlation vs. Causation." Statistics-Help. 3 May 2009. 21 Mar. 2010.
As a graduate student of Kiedelberg, the author explains what the difference between correlation and causation is, common misconceptions, and examples of each. Deustch mentions that people tend to make a conclusion on things that make sense to themselves and tend to forget looking at things from a different angle. Correlation vs. causation is easiest to understand in outrageous examples. On a very hot day, there is an increase of ice cream vendors out selling ice cream around the cities. Now obviously the hot weather causes people to want to eat cold food to cool off, however, if correlation and causation were confused, one could say the increased number of ice cream vendors raises the temperature. The author provides a good explanation for the commonly mistaken correlation vs. causation and adds examples that are easy to understand.
-Parson, Tetyana. "Alcoholism and Its Effect on the Family." AllPsych Online. 14 Dec. 2003, 10 Mar. 2010.
Parson is a psychologist that specializes in alcoholism and has personal experience with an alcoholic father in the family. The author describes and identifies stages of alcoholism and explains what causes the people to go to the next stage. Some people may stay at a certain stage for their whole lifetimes while others rush to the last phase which is also the most critical because it becomes nearly impossible to cure. The stages of change also changes what the family of the alcoholic will be like as well. The author has a professional and personal background of the subject which gives more insight on alcoholics and their families.
-Powell, Elizabeth “Alcohol and Impulse Control.” 14 Apr. 2004, 20 Mar. 2010
The author is a neurologist that has specializes in brain damage classification. The basics one would know about alcohol and the effect on the brain are included in the article as well as the more uncommon facts. Alcohol causes dizziness, confusion, or delirium in the person which turns off "impulse control" of a person. A drunk will act strictly on their peer will and not give it a second thought, no matter how ridiculous the idea conjured in the head is.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
RJA #10c: Ideas for the Application Project
- Newspaper article on alcohol related accidents
- Journal entry of an alcoholic
- Editorial on alcoholism between teenagers and adults
- Short story on the life of an alcoholic
RJA #10b: Progress Report for Argumentative Paper
What I have accomplished
- Formal Outline
- Field Research with counselor at Rehab center
- Research in General
- Understand and defined definitions needed
- Finish last half of the draft
- Edit draft of the paper
- Write the final copy of the paper
RJA #10a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1
-Interview with Dr. Wu
Dr. Wu has experience as a guidance counselor of a rehab center for 5 years now, he speaks about his professional opinion during the interview towards alcohol, the problem it causes, and the people that have the problems. The results of alcoholism are similar for every person he has encountered so far, the only differences are how the problems originate for each person. Dr. Wu claims he treats alcoholism both in the mature and the young relatively the same. Dr. Wu has much more professional and personal experiences with alcoholics than an average person.
-Lieber, C. S. Alcohol liver and nutrition. Vol. 10. N.p.: American College of Nutrition, 1991. N. pag. Web. 19 Mar. 2010..
Lieber explains that the long term effects of alcohol require approximately 10 years to manifest in an alcoholic individual, including liver disease, stroke, cancers, and brain damage (Lieber). The information given is similar to every health textbooks' definition of long term alcohol effects I encountered so far. The article explains simple long term effects and even the unknown to the common population of alcohol. The article does not state age as a factor of these effects developing but seeing as how the first child tastes their first drink at 12, they will be an adult when the long term effects manifest, but changes nothing when the same person is the same subject.
-Teague, Michael. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. 2nd ed. NYC: McGraw- Hill, 2007. 190-96. Print.
The author portrays alcohol as a psychoactive drug which changes brain chemistry which alters mood and behavior (Teague). Pages 190-96 of the textbook explains how substances that rewire the brain work. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The information are purely facts and has no emotional or personal experience bias attached to it. This book provides information beyond the normal and commonly known facts about the effects of alcohol.
Dr. Wu has experience as a guidance counselor of a rehab center for 5 years now, he speaks about his professional opinion during the interview towards alcohol, the problem it causes, and the people that have the problems. The results of alcoholism are similar for every person he has encountered so far, the only differences are how the problems originate for each person. Dr. Wu claims he treats alcoholism both in the mature and the young relatively the same. Dr. Wu has much more professional and personal experiences with alcoholics than an average person.
-Lieber, C. S. Alcohol liver and nutrition. Vol. 10. N.p.: American College of Nutrition, 1991. N. pag. Web. 19 Mar. 2010.
Lieber explains that the long term effects of alcohol require approximately 10 years to manifest in an alcoholic individual, including liver disease, stroke, cancers, and brain damage (Lieber). The information given is similar to every health textbooks' definition of long term alcohol effects I encountered so far. The article explains simple long term effects and even the unknown to the common population of alcohol. The article does not state age as a factor of these effects developing but seeing as how the first child tastes their first drink at 12, they will be an adult when the long term effects manifest, but changes nothing when the same person is the same subject.
-Teague, Michael. Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. 2nd ed. NYC: McGraw- Hill, 2007. 190-96. Print.
The author portrays alcohol as a psychoactive drug which changes brain chemistry which alters mood and behavior (Teague). Pages 190-96 of the textbook explains how substances that rewire the brain work. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The information are purely facts and has no emotional or personal experience bias attached to it. This book provides information beyond the normal and commonly known facts about the effects of alcohol.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
RJA #9c: Presentation Plan
1) My Reasons
-Loss of Self Control while drunk making sense of responsibility useless
-Effects on family members
-Body Effects short, term and long term
2) Objections
-The "adults are more responsible than teenagers" idea- alcohol tears down these levels of responsibilities anyways, if they were truly responsible, then they wouldn't drink so much in the first place.
-"Youth drinking alcohol turns them into bad people when they turn into adults"- people often get confused between correlation and causation, perhaps it is bad people that drink not alcohol turning youth into bad adults.
-Loss of Self Control while drunk making sense of responsibility useless
-Effects on family members
-Body Effects short, term and long term
2) Objections
-The "adults are more responsible than teenagers" idea- alcohol tears down these levels of responsibilities anyways, if they were truly responsible, then they wouldn't drink so much in the first place.
-"Youth drinking alcohol turns them into bad people when they turn into adults"- people often get confused between correlation and causation, perhaps it is bad people that drink not alcohol turning youth into bad adults.
RJA #9b: Argument
Research Question: Does addiction to alcoholic substances have different effects on people of different ages?
Reason 1: Everyone knows to not drive while intoxicated, but regardless of that fact, it happens everyday. Alcohol is a psycoactive substance (alters mood and brain functions) which greatly inhibits self control of an individual. No amount of responsibility will help a person if they already lost their self control young or old.
Reason 2: Having an alcoholic in the family is detrimental to each individual in that family regardless of who is the alcoholic. A parent with alcoholism in the family may start evading their work. Then that parent may proceed onto stealing money or striking family members (result of irritation deprived of alcohol) demanding money. Similarily enough, a child with alcoholism can initiate violence in the house and cease going to school.
Reason 3: The short term drinking effects are the same in both young and old, confusion, blackout, coma, and eventually death. It seems at first that only adults can suffer the long term effects of alcoholism (cirrohsis, death of brain tissue, high blood pressure) due to the fact that these effects take approximately 10 years to manifest in an individual. However, considering that the individual became an alcoholic prior to becoming an adult, they will most likely continue their pattern and encounter these long term effects anyways, which doesn't change the constant which are the people.
Counter 1: "The "adults are more responsible than teenagers" idea - Alcohol inhibits self restraint, such as NOT DRINKING AND DRIVING, but it still happens because responsibility can not change someone who has lost their basic self control. Perhaps a young person became an alcoholic at the age of 15 and was able to avoid a morbid fate for a decade, that person's level of responsibility is still highly questionable despite the fact that they grown up.
Counter 2: "Youth drinking alcohol turns them into bad people when they turn into adults" idea - This is a confusion between causation and correlation common among the population. Perhaps it is bad young people that like to drink alcohol and grow up to be bad adults.
Counter 3: "It is highly more dangerous for a teenager to be drunk than an adult" - An adult has easier access to alcohol over a teenager, adults can be in contact with the substance for a whole year if they willed it compared to a teenager who will have to play through more steps to obtain it. If both the adult and the teenager in the question were both alcoholics, the adult will be much more of a hazard due to the fact the uptime of intoxication is higher than that of the teenager.
Reason 1: Everyone knows to not drive while intoxicated, but regardless of that fact, it happens everyday. Alcohol is a psycoactive substance (alters mood and brain functions) which greatly inhibits self control of an individual. No amount of responsibility will help a person if they already lost their self control young or old.
Reason 2: Having an alcoholic in the family is detrimental to each individual in that family regardless of who is the alcoholic. A parent with alcoholism in the family may start evading their work. Then that parent may proceed onto stealing money or striking family members (result of irritation deprived of alcohol) demanding money. Similarily enough, a child with alcoholism can initiate violence in the house and cease going to school.
Reason 3: The short term drinking effects are the same in both young and old, confusion, blackout, coma, and eventually death. It seems at first that only adults can suffer the long term effects of alcoholism (cirrohsis, death of brain tissue, high blood pressure) due to the fact that these effects take approximately 10 years to manifest in an individual. However, considering that the individual became an alcoholic prior to becoming an adult, they will most likely continue their pattern and encounter these long term effects anyways, which doesn't change the constant which are the people.
Counter 1: "The "adults are more responsible than teenagers" idea - Alcohol inhibits self restraint, such as NOT DRINKING AND DRIVING, but it still happens because responsibility can not change someone who has lost their basic self control. Perhaps a young person became an alcoholic at the age of 15 and was able to avoid a morbid fate for a decade, that person's level of responsibility is still highly questionable despite the fact that they grown up.
Counter 2: "Youth drinking alcohol turns them into bad people when they turn into adults" idea - This is a confusion between causation and correlation common among the population. Perhaps it is bad young people that like to drink alcohol and grow up to be bad adults.
Counter 3: "It is highly more dangerous for a teenager to be drunk than an adult" - An adult has easier access to alcohol over a teenager, adults can be in contact with the substance for a whole year if they willed it compared to a teenager who will have to play through more steps to obtain it. If both the adult and the teenager in the question were both alcoholics, the adult will be much more of a hazard due to the fact the uptime of intoxication is higher than that of the teenager.
RJA #9a: Thesis Statement
Research Question: Does addiction to alcoholic substances have different effects on people of different ages?
Thesis: Alcoholism can develop in people of all age groups, but regardless of age the problems that arrive from alcoholism are essentially the same, therefore alcoholism should be treated without an age classification.
Thesis: Alcoholism can develop in people of all age groups, but regardless of age the problems that arrive from alcoholism are essentially the same, therefore alcoholism should be treated without an age classification.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
RJA #8a: Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-high-functioning-alcoholic/201002/awareness-risk-factors-can-help-decrease-risks-developing
Original Passage: "Alcohol slows down brain activity. Because alcohol affects alertness, judgment, coordination, and reaction time--drinking increases the risk of falls and accidents. Some research has shown that it takes less alcohol to affect older people than younger ones."
Quotations: Alcohol inhibits standard brain behavior. Alcohol "[inhibits] alertness, judgment, coordination, and reaction time" which raises the chance of accidents caused by drunk individuals. Tests have produced results that show that people of older age require less amounts of alcohol to become intoxicated than younger people would.
Paraphrase: Alcohol inhibits standard brain behavior by lowering one's reaction speed, coordination, and self control which will raise the chances of an accident being created. Tests have produced results that show that people of older age require less amounts of alcohol to become intoxicated than a younger person would.
Summary: Alcohol inhibits brain activity which increases the chances that an accident would occur. People of older age are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol than people of younger age would.
Original Passage: "Alcohol slows down brain activity. Because alcohol affects alertness, judgment, coordination, and reaction time--drinking increases the risk of falls and accidents. Some research has shown that it takes less alcohol to affect older people than younger ones."
Quotations: Alcohol inhibits standard brain behavior. Alcohol "[inhibits] alertness, judgment, coordination, and reaction time" which raises the chance of accidents caused by drunk individuals. Tests have produced results that show that people of older age require less amounts of alcohol to become intoxicated than younger people would.
Paraphrase: Alcohol inhibits standard brain behavior by lowering one's reaction speed, coordination, and self control which will raise the chances of an accident being created. Tests have produced results that show that people of older age require less amounts of alcohol to become intoxicated than a younger person would.
Summary: Alcohol inhibits brain activity which increases the chances that an accident would occur. People of older age are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol than people of younger age would.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
RJA #7b: Field Research Suggestions
-http://brandoncarmack31-eng1020.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-6c-field-research-options.html#comment-form
-http://matthewsresreachjournal.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-6c-field-research-options.html#comment-form
Waiting for confirmation before the comments will be posted by the people who started the blog
-http://matthewsresreachjournal.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-6c-field-research-options.html#comment-form
Waiting for confirmation before the comments will be posted by the people who started the blog
RJA #7a: Evaluation of Sources
-http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-high-functioning-alcoholic/201002/awareness-risk-factors-can-help-decrease-risks-developing
Article
The author of the article is Sarah Allen Benton, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a recovering alcoholic herself. It seems that the goal of the author is to simply portray facts and questions of the matter. The information provided are risk factors that may increase the chances of alcoholism with statistics of the Surgeon General of 2007. Despite the fact that the author is a recovering alcoholic herself, there does not seem to be emotional language in the article.
-http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/communityreadiness/2006follow-up/CAR_Adult_FINAL.pdf
Book
The purpose of the book is stated on the paragraph: which is to increase understanding of underaged drinking and actions to prevent it. The surveys used in this book belongs to the year of 2006 which is still viable today. The information displayed are mainly statistics, graphs, or number figures. The authors Kendra Erickson, Ramona Danielson, and Dr. Richard Rathge are teachers at North Dakota State University.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/ph323/
Website
The website is a component of the SAMHSA Health Information Network (substance abuse & mental health services administration) an official government organization. The information provided is biased against teenage drinking, with most of the information trying to deter one away from alcohol. A date is not specifically stated when the page was written but the newest source is from 2005 making this page 5 years of age at the most which is a viable information for today. More information should be tied to the section of why underaged people shouldn't drink however to be more comprehensive however.
Article
The author of the article is Sarah Allen Benton, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a recovering alcoholic herself. It seems that the goal of the author is to simply portray facts and questions of the matter. The information provided are risk factors that may increase the chances of alcoholism with statistics of the Surgeon General of 2007. Despite the fact that the author is a recovering alcoholic herself, there does not seem to be emotional language in the article.
-http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/communityreadiness/2006follow-up/CAR_Adult_FINAL.pdf
Book
The purpose of the book is stated on the paragraph: which is to increase understanding of underaged drinking and actions to prevent it. The surveys used in this book belongs to the year of 2006 which is still viable today. The information displayed are mainly statistics, graphs, or number figures. The authors Kendra Erickson, Ramona Danielson, and Dr. Richard Rathge are teachers at North Dakota State University.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/ph323/
Website
The website is a component of the SAMHSA Health Information Network (substance abuse & mental health services administration) an official government organization. The information provided is biased against teenage drinking, with most of the information trying to deter one away from alcohol. A date is not specifically stated when the page was written but the newest source is from 2005 making this page 5 years of age at the most which is a viable information for today. More information should be tied to the section of why underaged people shouldn't drink however to be more comprehensive however.
Internet Research Project
http://zakta.com/zakta/view_1_1030_2883_Alcohol_and_age
added items:
1) Teenage Binge Drinking-http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/ph323/
2) Alcohol Poisoning - http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/addiction/alcohol-poisoning?msc=S29056
3) Teenage Alcoholics and Adults - http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/446610
4) Community Alcohol Readiness Study - http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/communityreadiness/2006follow-up/CAR_Adult_FINAL.pdf
5) Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities on Holidays 2003 - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777960.html
6) Alcohol, liver, and nutrition - http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/6/602
7) Alcoholism and The Family - http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=b0HMuby1QncC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=alcoholism+on+the+family&ots=Aw-RkethGD&sig
Sections Added:
1) Teenage Drinking
2) Unseen Effects of Alcohol on The Body
3) Alcohol and The Family
added items:
1) Teenage Binge Drinking-http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/ph323/
2) Alcohol Poisoning - http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/addiction/alcohol-poisoning?msc=S29056
3) Teenage Alcoholics and Adults - http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/446610
4) Community Alcohol Readiness Study - http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/communityreadiness/2006follow-up/CAR_Adult_FINAL.pdf
5) Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities on Holidays 2003 - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777960.html
6) Alcohol, liver, and nutrition - http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/6/602
7) Alcoholism and The Family - http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=b0HMuby1QncC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=alcoholism+on+the+family&ots=Aw-RkethGD&sig
Sections Added:
1) Teenage Drinking
2) Unseen Effects of Alcohol on The Body
3) Alcohol and The Family
Thursday, February 25, 2010
RJA #6c: Field Research Options
1) I have a cousin on my father's side of the family that was a former alcoholic which I could ask some questions about alcoholism; he doesn't mind sharing what he knows as long as it keeps me away from it.
2) He had a counselor from rehab that would not mind questions on the matter of alcoholism.
3) I can locate my Health class Professor from last semester about alcoholism as she is very knowledgeable in this area.
2) He had a counselor from rehab that would not mind questions on the matter of alcoholism.
3) I can locate my Health class Professor from last semester about alcoholism as she is very knowledgeable in this area.
RJA #6b: Social Media and Multimedia
- Blogged.com
- http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-high-functioning-alcoholic/201002/awareness-risk-factors-can-help-decrease-risks-developing
- teenage, alcoholism
- teenage and alcoholism
- March 2
- 267 hits
- 3/5 relevance
- FlickrStorm
- dysfunctional, alcohol, family
- dysfunctionial family and alcohol
- March 2
- # of hits not stated
- 3/5 relevance
RJA #6a: Websites
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/communityreadiness/2006follow-up/CAR_Adult_FINAL.pdf
Resource-Zakta.com
Keywords-Alcohol, difference, adult, teenager
Search Strategies-alcohol difference adult and teenager
Date-Feb. 25, 2010
Hits-3,870,000
Relevance 4/5
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/446610
Resource-AllPlus.com
Keywords-Alcohol, development
Search Strategies-teenage alcoholics and adults
Date-Feb. 25, 2010
Hits-155
Relevance 3/5
Resource-Zakta.com
Keywords-Alcohol, difference, adult, teenager
Search Strategies-alcohol difference adult and teenager
Date-Feb. 25, 2010
Hits-3,870,000
Relevance 4/5
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/446610
Resource-AllPlus.com
Keywords-Alcohol, development
Search Strategies-teenage alcoholics and adults
Date-Feb. 25, 2010
Hits-155
Relevance 3/5
Thursday, February 18, 2010
RJA #5c: Reference Articles
Reference Works - 4R x T to Infoplease.com
http://4rxt.wetpaint.com/page/Reference+Works
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777960.html
http://4rxt.wetpaint.com/page/Reference+Works
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777960.html
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities on Holidays, 2003
- Information Please Database
- 2007
- infoplease.com
- Alcohol, car, accident
- Alcohol and car accidents
- Feb. 18, 2010
- 120 hits
- 3/5
RJA #5b: Periodical Articles
- Samantha Wells, Scott Macdonald
- The relationship between alcohol consumption patterns and car, work, sports and home accidents for different age groups
- Volume 31, Issue 6
- 17 August, 1999
- http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5S-3X6B5KY-8&_user=914312&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F1999&_alid=1212191723&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5794&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=823&_acct=C000047910&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=914312&md5=26246504f0451112ab1d3984adddc3a3#toc4
- WorldCat.org
- Alcohol, car, accident
- Boolean: Alcohol AND car accident
- Feb. 18, 2010
- 476 hits
- 4/5
RJA #5a: Books
- Tom McLellan; Richard Dembo; Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (U.S)
- Screening and assessment of alcohol- and other drug-abusing adolescents
- Treatment improvement protocol (TIP) series, 3.; DHHS publication, no. (SMA) 93-2009
- Rockville, MD
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- 1993
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
RJA# 4b: Search Strings
Math
+drinking +family
"alcohol related deaths" +teenagers
"alcohol related deaths" +adults
Boolean
Alcohol AND Driving
Teenagers AND Adults AND Alcohol
Alcohol AND Deaths
+drinking +family
"alcohol related deaths" +teenagers
"alcohol related deaths" +adults
Boolean
Alcohol AND Driving
Teenagers AND Adults AND Alcohol
Alcohol AND Deaths
RJA #4a: Keywords
FO: youth; young
drinking; drink, drinks, drunk, drunks
adults; adults
alcohol; alcoholic, alcoholics
RE, ST: teenagers, teens, son, daughter, child
driving, intoxication, poisoning, deaths, binge
parents, mother, father
violence, family, disease, damage
LOG: Alcohol, Alcohol Related Deaths, Adults Drinking, Youth Drinking, Adults vs. Youth Drinking
drinking; drink, drinks, drunk, drunks
adults; adults
alcohol; alcoholic, alcoholics
RE, ST: teenagers, teens, son, daughter, child
driving, intoxication, poisoning, deaths, binge
parents, mother, father
violence, family, disease, damage
LOG: Alcohol, Alcohol Related Deaths, Adults Drinking, Youth Drinking, Adults vs. Youth Drinking
Thursday, February 4, 2010
RJA #3c: Research Question
Alcohol is an abominable substance that leads to the destruction of bodies and lives:
- Who should continue to consume alcohol, is age an important factor on the effects of alcohol?
- Would the disapperance of alcohol lead people to abuse another substance?
- Should the consumption of alcohol be terminated as a whole to prevent further damage to peoples' lives?
- What are the different effects of alcohol on differently aged people?
RJA #3b: Research Topic Focus
Alcohol effects teenagers and adults alike in the same manor; alcohol poisoning, brain damage, and liver damage does not discriminate with age. A person, while intoxicated, loses a lot amount of their self control regardless of that person's level of responsibility. It may, however, be even more dangerous for adults to drink than teenagers because adults have easier access to vehicles which may result in drunk driving accidents more frequently.
RJA #3a: Research Topic Exploration
My first direction in researching about the effects of alcohol was in Google Scholar and Delicious bookmarks. Half of the information I encountered were common knowledge such as, excessive high intake of alcohol will cause alcohol poisoning which leads to interfering with nerves in the body resulting in death through lack of respiration. The other half of the information about the effects of alcohol however, were much more subtle; ethanol (contained in alcohol) decreases the amount of Vitamin A inside the body and cease repair of DNA.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
RJA #2b: Research Topic
Topic: The drinking age should be raised even further past the age of 21 to decrease the amount of deaths caused by alcohol effects.
(I don't know how to indent in these blogs and shift + tab doesn't work so the word "indent" is now the indent)
(indent) I chose this topic as my argument because I have not seen any benefits from consuming alcohol and believe that its consumption be eliminated as much as possible. Alcohol is a common factors of problems resulting in deaths; car accidents, cirrhosis, or overdose. Alcohol should be a substance furthest from the reach of people.
(indent) Alcohol inhibits self control over and individual which leads them into a downward spiral for example; people know that they shouldn't drink and drive on a normal basis, but when they are in a drunken stupor, they believe they can drive without causing accidents and proceeds on doing so. The long term affects of alcohol on the body are primarily cirrhosis (permanent liver damage) and death of brain tissue, both very vital organs to the body. There is always people that break the law, but that does not mean that there shouldn't be rules made for the population to follow.
(indent) What I don't know relating to my topic and alcohol is when the drinking age was set to 21 years of age, by whom it was set, and why was it set as so. I want to learn about prohibition and its attempt to remove alcohol from America and why it ultimately failed.
(I don't know how to indent in these blogs and shift + tab doesn't work so the word "indent" is now the indent)
(indent) I chose this topic as my argument because I have not seen any benefits from consuming alcohol and believe that its consumption be eliminated as much as possible. Alcohol is a common factors of problems resulting in deaths; car accidents, cirrhosis, or overdose. Alcohol should be a substance furthest from the reach of people.
(indent) Alcohol inhibits self control over and individual which leads them into a downward spiral for example; people know that they shouldn't drink and drive on a normal basis, but when they are in a drunken stupor, they believe they can drive without causing accidents and proceeds on doing so. The long term affects of alcohol on the body are primarily cirrhosis (permanent liver damage) and death of brain tissue, both very vital organs to the body. There is always people that break the law, but that does not mean that there shouldn't be rules made for the population to follow.
(indent) What I don't know relating to my topic and alcohol is when the drinking age was set to 21 years of age, by whom it was set, and why was it set as so. I want to learn about prohibition and its attempt to remove alcohol from America and why it ultimately failed.
RJA #2a: Possible Topics
- Has war become easier or harder to fight with the advancement of weapons and arms?
- What is existence and reality?
- Are people relying too much on drugs instead of their immune system to fight off foreign microscopic invaders?
- Does money affect people and society positively or negatively?
- Do people really think, or simply recognize problems being similar and apply the same solution?
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Yip RJA #1: Areas of Academic Interest
- Physics - Newtonian and Mechanics
- Health - Respiratory System
- American History - Containment of Communism
- Calculus - Integrals and Areas
- Food Classes - Learning how to cook or nutritional values of foods
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