Exam 5: Research Methods In The Study of Abnormal Behaviour

According to Ladouceur and colleagues, the core cognitive error of pathological gamblers is their misconception about:

According to Ladouceur and colleagues, pathological gamblers develop a set of false beliefs. Specifically, they think that they can control:

According to Walters (1995), what was one of the major incentives for the development of Canada's duty to report legislation?

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. What is the independent variable?

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

The standard for suggesting that a result is statistically significant is if the chances are less than _____ in 100 that it occurred by chance.

Because Graciela's mother has schizophrenia, Graciela is more likely to develop schizophrenia herself. This is an example of:

Dr. Cuthbert assesses the proportion of people on the island who have a gambling addiction one year after a new casino is built beside Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. She is assessing the ________ of the disorder.

When an experimenter can confidently state that the findings from an experiment were due to the independent variable, and not due to other uncontrolled factors, the research is called:

Ladouceur et al. (1998) used a single-subject multiple-baseline design and successfully treated:

Epidemiological research is helpful for:

A(n) ________ study involves the question of whether distressed college students are similar enough to patients diagnosed with depression to warrant their use in research.

A correlational study by Tonmyr and colleagues (2005) found that childhood sexual abuse (CSa) and physical abuse were associated with:

Dr. Tension is studying anxiety in children. He is aware than anxiety can vary over time, though, so he plans to study the children over time. Dr. Tension is conducting research keeping _____________ in mind.

What two risk factors did the 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study identify to be the strongest predictors of later mental health problems?

When you gather information about and observe one person, you are most likely conducting a(n):

"The primary problem is an unmeasureable unconscious anger at his mother." What makes this statement unscientific?

If a researcher only uses classificatory variables and does not manipulate any variables, the type of research is:

You have created a new type of therapy for depression, but you are not sure if it will work for all types of depression. How would you design a study to test it and know if it's good for all people with depression or only some?

The systematic acquisition and evaluation of information is more commonly known as: