Exam 5: Research Methods In The Study of Abnormal Behaviour

A good theory is one that can be tested and is reliable.

If the correlation between two variables is zero:

In the field of psychopathology, what is the most common use of the experiment?

James and Marc are discussing the disadvantages of case studies, most specifically the degree of subjectivity involved. James challenges this, though, by stating that since interviews can be __________, multiple people can evaluate the content.

Dr. Klein found that the correlation between anxiety and an IQ test was exactly zero. This means that:

According to the results of the 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study, the biggest early risk factor for a subsequent mental disorder is:

Dr. Hyper treated 20 patients using a new therapeutic procedure. An outside observer rated the children's activity level on a laboratory task before and after the treatment; 80% of the children decreased their activity level following treatment, and Dr. Hyper concluded that the procedure was highly effective. In Dr. Hyper's experiment, what is the dependent variable?

Theory can be defined as:

A research team is doing a study of the effectiveness of medication vs. psychotherapy for treating schizophrenia vs. bipolar disorder. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either medication or psychotherapy. Which of the following is a classificatory variable in the study?

For her dissertation, Isabelle is interviewing ten women about their experiences of going to university full-time while battling an eating disorder. What type of research is she conducting?

A study finds that socioeconomic status is associated with child behaviour problems (r = -.75). From a correlational research perspective, which of the following conclusions is the most appropriate?

Theories are typically guided by paradigms.

Persons with schizophrenia are randomly assigned to either an attention-training group or a social skills training group. Equal numbers of males and females were in each training group. Scores on a measure of thought disorder, a prominent symptom in schizophrenia, were examined after the end of the training sessions. Which is the dependent variable?

A case study of Rebecca (a patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa complicated by depression and alcohol abuse) presented by Hendricks and Thompson (2005) found that IPT was most effective in:

Dr. Hyper treated 20 patients using a new therapeutic procedure. An outside observer rated the children's activity level on a laboratory task before and after the treatment; 80% of the children decreased their activity level following treatment, and Dr. Hyper concluded that the procedure was highly effective. Which of the following is a likely a confound in Dr. Hyper's experiment?

The directionality problem in correlational research refers to:

A theorist proposed that anorexia was caused by early child sexual abuse. Dr. Firestorm demonstrated that her anorexic patient had never been sexually abused. This is an example of one important use of which method?

A strong correlation tells us that one variable causes a second variable.

Mixed designs are most useful in:

Statistical significance is used to evaluate: