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Y2: Psychology: Clinical Practical Part 1
This deck covers key concepts and findings from a practical investigation into media portrayals of mental illness compared to real-life case studies.
What was the aim of our practical?
To investigate whether media portrayals of mental illness show patients to be more negative and aggressive compared to real life case studies.
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Term
Definition
What was the aim of our practical?
To investigate whether media portrayals of mental illness show patients to be more negative and aggressive compared to real life case studies.
What are the variables of our practical?
IV = Extract from film or real life case study DV = What content behaviour they showed (e.g. outbursts and attention seeking behaviour) Controls = the...
State the fully operationalised alternative hypothesis.
The media portrayal of mental illness will include a significantly higher number of aggressive behaviours (outbursts) than factual sources.
State the fully operationalised null hypothesis.
There will be no significant differences in the number of aggressive behaviours (outbursts) between media and factual sources and so any differences w...
What sample did we use in our practical?
2 real life case studies from Youtube of Gerald and Heather who are diagnosed with schizophrenia; 2 clips from the film Girl, Interrupted (1999) with ...
What was the method used in our practical?
Summative content analysis
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What was the aim of our practical? | To investigate whether media portrayals of mental illness show patients to be more negative and aggressive compared to real life case studies. |
What are the variables of our practical? | IV = Extract from film or real life case study DV = What content behaviour they showed (e.g. outbursts and attention seeking behaviour) Controls = the same manifest content was looked for in the media and real life case studies, the length of each clip |
State the fully operationalised alternative hypothesis. | The media portrayal of mental illness will include a significantly higher number of aggressive behaviours (outbursts) than factual sources. |
State the fully operationalised null hypothesis. | There will be no significant differences in the number of aggressive behaviours (outbursts) between media and factual sources and so any differences will be due to chance. |
What sample did we use in our practical? | 2 real life case studies from Youtube of Gerald and Heather who are diagnosed with schizophrenia; 2 clips from the film Girl, Interrupted (1999) with focus on the main character who had mental health issues; All sources were comparable in length and content |
What was the method used in our practical? | Summative content analysis |
What constituted as qualitative data in this practical? | 1) Outbursts 2) Resistance of going back to hospital 3) Dysfunctional relationships 4) Attention seeking behaviour 5) Comforting behaviour |
What constituted as quantitative data in this practical? | The number of times these keywords appeared in the sources. |
Briefly describe the procedure of our practical. | • We found 2 Youtube clips of real life case studies of Heather and Gerald who have schizophrenia •We found 2 more media clips of the film Girl, Interrupted (1999) that focused on the main character who had mental health issues •All clips were 10 mins long and had similar content of focusing on mental health •Conducting a summative content analysis, we chose themes to focus on prior to watching the videos that consisted of outbursts, attention seeking behaviour, not wanting to go back to the hospital, dysfunctional relationships and comforting behaviour •We then tallied how many times those themes appeared in all sources to provide the manifest content of our analysis •This was to compare the media’s portrayal of mental illness compared to real life cases |
State the results of the quantitative data from the tally. | 1) Outbursts - Fictional 10, real case 13 2) Resistance of going back to hospital - Fictional 1, real case 7 3) Dysfunctional relationships - Fictional 3, real case 5 4) Attention seeking behaviour - Fictional 8, real case 4 5) Comforting behaviour - Fictional 3, real case 9 |