Unit 8 discussion responses

1. I would have liked to have started it sooner. Hopefully put thought about the topic once the course started so the topic would be narrowed down as much as possible. After unit 6 I thought I could have narrowed it down to juvenile victims who have been sexually abused by other juveniles but I had already done a lot of research and would have lost a lot of time and effort on the topic I chose. I am glad I chose the topic I did because I learned a lot. Although I wish the research wasn't so controversial. I would like to get interviews in of actual juvenile offenders just to conduct my own research to see what I find, if any have anything in common. The study population would be everyone. To make them more aware of offenders not only being adults but also juveniles and usually against a relative. To have talks with your children younger and stress that it isn't usually a stranger and to come to you as soon as attempting to touching begins to further abuse is prevented. I guess my target would be parents and children. It is a very touchy, sensitive subject but one that each parent must have with their children and the younger the better. It's sad that one can't even trust family as per the data collected stated that most abusers are someone known usually family. My goal is to bring awareness to hopefully help prevent further abuse to our children. I guess I would want to research and include interviews from victims and offenders and their families as well.

2. I eventually narrowed my topic down to social media only and its effect on young children which included global studies in children ages 9 through 16. In collecting data, I used peer reviewed journal articles and psychology research from previous course textbooks. Moving forward I would continue to research data from other studies and gather two populations of children more specifically within the age group from 4 through 10. What I found is a gap in data covering this group. I would most likely consider giving one group access to social media  (Instagram, Facebook, etc.) then monitor their behaviors, interactions, and reactions to specific situations and stimuli. The second group would be void of this access but faced with the same situations and stimuli. 

3. My research is more based on athletes and their idea of how much they know about nutrition and how they should properly fuel their bodies for sporting events. To collect data for my research, I would most likely interview Kean athletes and other athletes from alternative NJ colleges about what they are eating the days leading up to an event and what they are eating while training. Interviewing these athletes will give me a better idea s to whether or not these athletes are fueling their bodies properly throughout the course of their athletics. Along with this, I would also give them a sheet of nutrition intake benefits for each sport. I think that this would help in the sense of data collection as many athletes choose to eat different things for each different sport offered in college athletics. Getting all of these different diets from current athletes can be used to find which benefits the athlete the best and why it works best as far as macro nutrients. 

4. If I was to move forward with the research project, my study population would be on the upcoming educators, parents, and students. To conduct my study, I would use a combination of interviews and surveys. Using this method will help persuade my audience on why physical education and exercising is truly important for your mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. The use of observation is valuable as well because it shows how students will develop life skills in order to prepare them for the world.

5. For my topic I choose to research low employee morale and how it affects productivity. I would do more research on companies that are know for low morale and productivity. For example, the hospitality industry, warehouse workers and or retail workers. I would try to focus my study on employees that have been with the company between 2 and 5 years. The population would have to be an age group my target age group would be between 25 to 35 years of age.