First off, I would like to apologise to those who commented on my blog last week for potentially reducing your grade on comments due to my poor topic choice. Secondly I would like to talk about a study that has been published on the APA website that says that Insomnia may precede and maintain Depression. This paper is based off of two studies, the first of which published in.

Other than that, I think the majority of you are doing well and the overall marks have improved, so keep up the good work and keep improving. 2 If someone has made a blog which does not fo.

The extent of participant bias in research. However, despite such advantages, we must recognise that case studies are still nevertheless limited.

When designing a piece of research there is a lot to think about. There are practicalities to think about and variables to control. Should we concentrate on the bigger picture or should we really focus on the little things? In conclusion, when designing research although all variables and practicalities should be considered the end result and bigger picture should also be carefully considered.

Overall I think I have learnt a lot from emotion and motivation this semester. I have learnt that blogging is very helpful and allows us to improve our work instead of just having one large assignment. Also it helps us interact with our peers and have meaningful discussion about topics we are interested in which was also supported by the talks we had to do in seminars.

Biological influence on alcohol abuse- Cloninger and McGue. On April 29, 2012. Neurogenic adaptive mechanisms in alcohol. Science magazine, volume 236, 410-416. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, volume 101, issue 1, 3-17. On March 25, 2012.

Theories have been provided by psycholoanlysts such as Freud -who attributed d.

Welcome To My Psychology Blog! The Differences Between Single Subject Design and Case Studies. In this weeks blog I will be looking at how single case design and case studies are different as people often perceive them as being identical to one another. There are indeed similarities between these two experimental designs which is what often makes people think that they are the same.

I found this study particularly interesting due to its many ethical issues.

The answer I think is yes especially when children grow up into adults. , and Mehler, J.