Exam 6: Investigating the Field

Using the template "when I am in 'x' situation, I usually do 'y' in order to 'x'…", Joe reports that in his art therapy program for adolescents with anorexia he usually has the girls do body tracings followed writing words about themselves on different parts of the body tracing. He does this because he has found that the activity helps the girls connect their feelings with their bodies. What "theory-in-use" might his treatment strategy reflect?

Which of the following ethical issues is a particular concern for researchers conducting an ethnographic study or PAR?

An art therapist wants to understand why attendance has dropped off in his pain management art therapy group. What might be the dialectic operating in the situation that he could examine in action-research?

Identify a "unit of analysis" for a case study. Create a series of portraits of the case or cases from different perspectives (therapist, client, community, family, other staff, culture, etc.).