ADHD In Children
ADHD in Children
In the article, ADHD in Children, journalist Valerie Strauss defines ADHD by stating “ADHD is a common research topic; many teachers and parents Strauss defines ADHD as a brain-based medical disorder that affects the behavior of people across age, gender, intelligence, and socio-economical lines. Kids with ADHD may daydream a lot, talk too much, frequently forget and lose things, display impulsivity and risk-taking behaviors and have trouble making transitions” (ADHD in Children). She also mentions several research experiments conducted by researcher Collins KP in order to safely confirm ADHD affects children of all social-economic and racial statuses. After giving the definition of ADHD and stating the prevalence of ADHD, …show more content…
This article goes against what has been taught in Research Methodology I. Although the method of authority can be an excellent starting point for many research questions, some fallacies are associated with method of authority. For example, an expert may be answering a subjective question and therefore give misinformation about the topic due to an opinion based answer. Unfortunately, subjective answering is presented in this article when Hallowell states ADHD is not a disorder, rather it is rather the wandering of attention. While this sounds credible, this answering is entirely subjective as it has not been proven ADHD is just a wandering of attention. Another limitation of the method of authority is the issue of generalizing the expert’s knowledge to more than he/she is knowledgeable about. In this article, Strauss may have generalized Hallowell as a leading researcher of members of the general population who have ADHD, whether it is with children adolescent, or young adult. Although Hallowell is indeed a leading researcher concerning ADHD in children; however, we cannot assume he is a leading researcher on ADHD in adolescents or young adults. Furthermore, another limitation to the method of authority is oftentimes, we accept the person of expertise’s information without questioning. As a result, this ‘expert’ might lead us to misinformation about the subject at
In the article, ADHD in Children, journalist Valerie Strauss defines ADHD by stating “ADHD is a common research topic; many teachers and parents Strauss defines ADHD as a brain-based medical disorder that affects the behavior of people across age, gender, intelligence, and socio-economical lines. Kids with ADHD may daydream a lot, talk too much, frequently forget and lose things, display impulsivity and risk-taking behaviors and have trouble making transitions” (ADHD in Children). She also mentions several research experiments conducted by researcher Collins KP in order to safely confirm ADHD affects children of all social-economic and racial statuses. After giving the definition of ADHD and stating the prevalence of ADHD, …show more content…
This article goes against what has been taught in Research Methodology I. Although the method of authority can be an excellent starting point for many research questions, some fallacies are associated with method of authority. For example, an expert may be answering a subjective question and therefore give misinformation about the topic due to an opinion based answer. Unfortunately, subjective answering is presented in this article when Hallowell states ADHD is not a disorder, rather it is rather the wandering of attention. While this sounds credible, this answering is entirely subjective as it has not been proven ADHD is just a wandering of attention. Another limitation of the method of authority is the issue of generalizing the expert’s knowledge to more than he/she is knowledgeable about. In this article, Strauss may have generalized Hallowell as a leading researcher of members of the general population who have ADHD, whether it is with children adolescent, or young adult. Although Hallowell is indeed a leading researcher concerning ADHD in children; however, we cannot assume he is a leading researcher on ADHD in adolescents or young adults. Furthermore, another limitation to the method of authority is oftentimes, we accept the person of expertise’s information without questioning. As a result, this ‘expert’ might lead us to misinformation about the subject at