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encyclopedia or dictionary. research and creative thought.

This question involves no research or Here you are clearly taking a side on this
creative thought. issue, and your research will provide reasons
why it should be taught. You would use
appropriate literature to provide support for
your position.

PROBLEM 3
BAD GOOD

How does television influence viewers? How does viewing of cartoons on TV by
children under 2 affect their cognitive
development?

PROBLEM: These questions are too broad SOLUTION: Reword so that questions are
or vague. focused and more defined.

Readers might ask: “How does television Here you’ve focused on a more specific
influence what viewers? What do you mean group, young children, and you’ve also
by influence?” defined what you mean by influence.

How are people motivated? How do teachers motivate students through
positive reinforcement and how does this
This question is too broad. What people are affect their academic performance?
you referring to? Colleagues, teenagers,
athletes, the elderly? Motivated in what This helps narrow the focus to teachers and
ways? It could be positive or negative positive reinforcement and allows for the
reinforcement, it could be through team results to be examined through their
leadership, etc. academic performance.

PROBLEM 4
BAD GOOD

How would a zombie apocalypse cause How would the psychological concept of
mental breaks in humans? abjection play a role in how human beings
reacted to a zombie apocalypse?

PROBLEM: Popular topics that require little SOLUTION: Come up with a focus that might
in-depth research should be avoided. be covered in scholarly literature.

Examples in this category might include the For example, you might research the role
topics of hip-hop music or football. social class plays in hip hop music, or the
issue of recurrent concussions in college
While this is a little unorthodox for a research football players. These focus on issues that
question, it can still be made into a valid might be covered in academic journals or
research topic. books.
It narrows the focus of the question.
Someone researching this question would
need to look at the psychological literature on
abjection as well as the literature on
zombies.

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