Effects of Dysfunctional Families on Children

Effects of Dysfunctional Families on Children I could propose a generative research question in a few different ways. Things to keep in mind for forming a generative research question is are does it generate multiple and competing answers that are legitimate and deliberative. What these mean is that the generative research question should generate multiple possible answers or solutions to the proposed question, and hopefully more than just two possible answers as well. Competing answers means that the question should avoid creating accumulative answers. What we mean by saying the answers should be legitimate is that the answers should also be reasonable. You do not want one answer to be obviously correct and/or much more reasonable that the other possible answer(s). Lastly, the question should imply a need for persuasion and reason, and avoid producing answers of fact or statistical information. So a good example of a question like this that I could use for my research topic could be: How does being raised in a home with a dysfunctional family affect the children? This would be a good generative research question because it meets all the criteria and requirements for a good and effective generative research question. This generative research question would definitely produce multiple answers. There are many different ways to answer this question. Simple examples of different answers would be that broke and/or dysfunctional families have great, little, or no affect at all on the children in the home. It also creates even more answers than this because other possible answers are that the children could be affected in different ways if indeed they are affected. For example, some people may think that it would make the children more violent if they were raised in a dysfunctional home, whereas others may think it would make the children more introverted. There are endless possibilities for answers that people cold come up with for this

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