Thu Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Hi, I'm thinking of doing my EE on depression (psychology) and I have two possible questions I'm considering. Could you tell me your opinions on which you think would be better? 1. to what extent are antidepressants effective in treating depression? 2. to what extent does depression affect academic performance in teenagers? Also, I was wondering if depression would be considered a sensitive topic and therefore unethical to write about? I also considered intelligence, but I didn't know if it would be relevant. These were my 2 questions that I came up with for intelligence: 1. To what extent is intelligence heritable/ malleable? 2. To what extent is IQ an accurate measure of human intelligence I really wanted to do the latter question for intelligence, but I'm not sure if it's a good one because it's not really linked to the syllabus. I would really appreciate any advice/ thoughts/ tips. Thank you! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.sw Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 I really like the idea of the latter TWE question on IQ and intelligence! If your key concerns there are that it doesnt link to the syllabus- it's for your EE, I'm in the midst of starting writing mine now, and I've gone almost completely off syllabus--> that's the point of the EE, to explore a topic outside of school that interests you and discuss/evaluate/argue a point that hasn't really been made before (from my understanding) I would have a meeting with your supervisor and discuss your concerns with them and what you are interested in exploring and wanting to study further. It's important you're 100% honest with them so they can help you to reach your full potential. Also, with the RQs based around depression and your worry of ethics- I think as long as you discuss that it can be interpreted as a sensitive topic, and acknowledge that fact and the surrounding ethics, you're fine. I dont take psych unfortunately, however all of my friends do and I only know from what they've discussed with me I hope this helps! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, t.sw said: I really like the idea of the latter TWE question on IQ and intelligence! If your key concerns there are that it doesnt link to the syllabus- it's for your EE, I'm in the midst of starting writing mine now, and I've gone almost completely off syllabus--> that's the point of the EE, to explore a topic outside of school that interests you and discuss/evaluate/argue a point that hasn't really been made before (from my understanding) I would have a meeting with your supervisor and discuss your concerns with them and what you are interested in exploring and wanting to study further. It's important you're 100% honest with them so they can help you to reach your full potential. Also, with the RQs based around depression and your worry of ethics- I think as long as you discuss that it can be interpreted as a sensitive topic, and acknowledge that fact and the surrounding ethics, you're fine. I dont take psych unfortunately, however all of my friends do and I only know from what they've discussed with me I hope this helps! Thank you so much!! I really wanted to do that question on IQ, so I'm going to fill out 2 proposal forms and talk to my Psych teacher about it I hope yours is going well! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.sw Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, Thu said: Thank you so much!! I really wanted to do that question on IQ, so I'm going to fill out 2 proposal forms and talk to my Psych teacher about it I hope yours is going well! ahaha thank you!! Best of luck x Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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