User:Kpatel639/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an Article

 * Name of Article & Link:
 * Cognitive behavioral therapy
 * Reasons for Choosing this Article
 * This article was selected because I have always been interested in cognition and the mind. I thought it is relevant to our class because It is important to consider how mental health might affect crimes committed.  Often, judges might make detainee's sentences shorter so that they can get the proper therapy that they need.  Learning more about cognitive behavioral therapy is important because there are a lot of steps, protocols, and medical uses that need to be considered.
 * Evaluating Content Questions
 * Yes, everything in the article is relevant to the article topic. It can be expected that this article is lengthy due to the fact that it focuses on many aspects of cognition.  First, a description is given of skills, phases in therapy, protocols, and any related techniques.  Next, the article discusses over 13 different medical uses that this therapy can be used for, ranging from depression to even internet addiction. Everything that is discussed throughout the article relates back to the importance of cognitive behavioral therapy, and the methods to which a successful treatment can occur.
 * Nothing distracted me because I felt that everything related back to the topic at hand. There was so much information in this article, but I know that is because this is a major, influential topic.  Without the given information, the article would not make sense and would be missing a lot of key facts that could probably make a difference in someones life.  That being said, I don't think that anything could be added to the article because I feel as if it covered anything possible that could be related to the topic.
 * Evaluating Tone
 * The article is neutral. Everything discussed is simply facts and knowledge.  There is no bias towards a particular person or any mention of thoughts or opinions, rather there are just clear cut facts.
 * Evaluating Sources
 * After checking several citations, I found that the links work. Most often, I was taken to academic journals which definitely seemed to support the claims in the article, after skimming several of the readings.
 * I did not see any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article. Everything in the article was simply a summary of what was in the other sources.  Anything that was copied word-for-word was referenced properly, which does not count as plagiarism.
 * Any facts that were given were definitely referenced with an appropriate and reliable reference. I could easily scroll down and identify what resources were used and where.  I noticed that the information appeared throughout each resource, all of which were neutral.  There was not one exact place in each resource that information was found in.
 * Checking the Talk Page
 * If any conversations are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic, I think that they would be more casual. Wikipedia discusses this topic in a very straightforward, yet organized manner, and in a timeline fashion.  I think that the way we talk about it in class is more casual and not as formal, which allows us to better understand the information being taught, whereas sometimes even Wikipedia can get a little confusing.