Exam 4: The Scientific Method in Abnormal Psychology

In addition to describing the distribution of disorders in populations, epidemiological research is also important for____.

Conclusions of the research conducted by Moos (2005)and Bootzin and Bailey (2005)suggests that ____.

A researcher finds that when people report their sexual activity on a mailed questionnaire, they indicate higher levels of bizarre fantasies than when they are questioned face to face.This indicates that these methods of measuring sexual activity ____.

Dr.Barnes says this about The Human Genome Project: "The Human Genome Project is a modest project that involves the deciphering, mapping, and identifying DNA sequencing patterns and variations in approximately 500 genes in human DNA.Scientist hope to determining the "message" contained in the DNA patterns that may contribute to human attributes and diseases.Such research diffuses ethical, legal, and social concerns." Which portion of Dr.Barnes's statement is accurate?

Rosie participated in a study assessing the effectiveness of a drug to treat osteoporosis.Throughout the study, neither Rosie nor the person administering the dosage knew whether she was getting the real medication or a placebo.Rosie was participating in a ____.

Unlike the case study, the single-participant experiment ____.

The case study and the single-participant experiment are two examples of ____.

A source of error that is of particular concern for researchers studying genetically linked disorders is ____.

Martin and Matthew are identical twins.Matthew has obsessive-compulsive disorder, but Martin does not.In a biological research study, who would be the proband?

A researcher believes that depressive symptoms will be reduced when family members give attention to competent behavior and express disinterest when depressive behavior is exhibited.In this example, attention is the ____ and depressive symptoms are the ____.

Which of the following is an example of analogue research?

When is clinical significance most likely to be minimal while statistical significance is quite large?

For some strange reason, a music teacher gives students a vocabulary test before deciding what the right musical instrument is for each.The vocabulary test gives consistent results, but the students are rarely happy with the instrument they play.The problem is that the vocabulary test ____.

A newspaper headline in 2004 might have read, "Antidepressants raise suicide risk in children and adolescents." What did subsequent news stories report?

What conclusion can be reached from research findings reported in the mass media as conclusive?

A research report includes this paragraph: "We hypothesized that anxiety disorders are more frequent in children whose parents are divorced.We looked at the frequency of anxiety problems in divorced and intact families, using court records to determine when the divorce took place." What component of scientific research is missing in this paragraph?

A dilemma of experimental research is that research designs that produce high internal validity may have problems with ____.

A particular concern about the usefulness of single-subject designs is ____.

A coherent group of principles and hypotheses that explain some aspect of an area of study is a(n)____.

Your neighbor tells you, "I'm concerned about vaccinating my children.I understand that scientists have proved that childhood vaccines cause autism." What response to your neighbor is most accurate?