RJA #5

RJA #5a:

Online Reference Articles

1.

• Name(s) of author(s) of the article: Psychology Today Staff
  
• Title of the article: Violence Has a Home Address
  
• Title of reference work: How parents can stop violence before it starts.
• Place of publication (include state if needed): ONLINE
  
• Name of publisher: Psychology Today
  
• Date of publication: August, 30 2004
  
• Page number(s): N/A
• Web address: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199403/violence-has-home-address
• Date accessed: September 21, 2009

2.

• Name(s) of author(s) of the article: Amanda Schaffer
  
• Title of the article: Why video games are really linked to violence.
  
• Title of reference work: Health and medicine
  
• Place of publication (include state if needed): ONLINE
  
• Name of publisher: Slate
  
• Date of publication: Friday, April 27, 2007
  
• Page number(s): N/A
• Web address: http://www.slate.com/id/2164065/
• Date accessed: September 21, 2009

3.

• Name(s) of author(s) of the article: Allen E. Kazden and Carlo Rotella
  
• Title of the article: Bullies: they can be stopped but it takes a village
• Title of reference work: Family
  
• Place of publication (include state if needed): ONLINE
  
• Name of publisher:Slate
• Date of publication: August 11, 2009
  
• Page number(s): N/A
• Web address: http://www.slate.com/id/2223976?obref=obinsite
• Date accessed: September 21, 2009

• Resource searched: Debatepedia, Encyclopedia
  
• Keywords used: violence, aggression, psychology, theories
  
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): skimming through articles in order to narrow down the search
  
• Date of search: September 21, 2009
  
• Number of hits: N/A/
  
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): N/A
  

RJA #5b:

• E.K. Englander
• Understanding Violence
• 3rd Edition
• Mahwah, NJ
• Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• 2007
  

• R.D. Hare
• Without Conscious: The disturbing world of psychopaths among us
• New York, NY
• The Guilford Press
• 1999

• A.C. Salter
• Predators: Pedophiles, rapists, and other sex offenders: who they are, how they operate, and how we can protect ourselves and our children
• New York, NY
• Basic Books
• 2003

RJA #5c: Checking Search Strings–Go to two of your classmates’ blogs (ENG 1020, ENG 122) and check their search strings (Research Journal Assignment #4b). In comment on those posts, offer suggestions for improving their search strings or confirm that they are correct. In your own blog, post links to the web addresses of the posts you commented on (not the main addresses for the blogs).

Use the department and course number (ENG 1020 or ENG 122) and other appropriate tags (”Labels” on Blogger) for each of the three posts.

RJA #4

RJA #4a: Generating Keywords–

-etiology theories of violence

-genetic and biological

-psychological and personality

-social learning and developmental

-sociological and cultural

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings–

-search engine math:

theory of violence +genetics +biological

theory of violence +psychological +personality

theory of violence +social learning +developmental

theory of violence +sociological +cultural

-Boolean:

theory of violence AND (genetics OR biological)

theory of violence AND (psychological OR personality)

theory of violence AND (social learning OR developmental)

theory of violence AND (sociological OR cultural)

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions–Go to two of your classmates’ blogs (ENG 1020, ENG 122) and check their research questions (Research Journal Assignment #3c).

Blogs I commented on:

Christie Allen

Emily Applegate

RJA #3

RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic
So far, I have really been scratching the surface of my topic. I have been reading in three main textbooks about different types of violence and constructing a foundation for understanding and comprehending my topic. I have found that there are a vast number of theories having to do with violence and aggression. I will need to dissect these theories the further into my research I get.

RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic
Initially, I needed to narrow my topic greatly from "violence and aggression" to a specific subtopic that I can focus my research on. Now that I have clearly outlined my topic as researching more than two theories of what causes violence and arguing for one of those theories, I know what to look for when conducting my research. Although my topic is still broad, narrowing it down by focusing on "theories" makes it much more manageable. I know that there will be a good amount of information available for me to research because the topic pertains to a class I am taking this semester, I have three textbooks focusing on the topic, and there are a number of online resources that are available to me that I can include in my research. As I continue my research I will have to narrow the theories I find to the ones I see as being most relevant and logical. At this time, I will probably have to use some of the tools I have read about in chapter 3 to narrow down my topic even further.

RJA #3c: Developing Research Question
Who are the primary demographic of victims of violence in the US?
What theory or theories pertaining to the study of violence and aggression is/are relevant?
When is a good age to start educating our youth about violence and aggression?
Where do most violent acts occur? (i.e.- home, street, work, etc.)
How do our institutions work to rehabilitate violent offenders?
Why does aggression escalate into violence?
Should violent offenders face stricter penalties or would rehabilitation be useful in re-integrating them back into society?
Would children be less likely to become part of the violent cycle if they were educated at an earlier age?