Exam 4: Research Methods in the Study of Abnormal Behaviour

Jean's parents are both alcoholic and are going through a divorce. Jean is likely to be:

You have been asked to design a study to assess whether anti-bullying efforts are reducing anxiety in teenagers. How would you do it? Describe your study in as much detail as possible.

In their study of cognitive-behavioural therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety, Quebec researchers Laberge, Dugas, and Ladouceur (2000)found that internal validity was improved with the inclusion of:

You hypothesize that low social class causes poor school grades. You find that the correlation between low social class and school grades is .01. What can you conclude?

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:

Sarah and Amy are both participants in an experiment examining a new treatment of depression. If Sarah is receiving the new (experimental)treatment, Amy is most likely receiving

A mixed design combines:

Mixed designs are most useful in:

Epidemiology is the study of

Case studies are sometimes considered less than ideal for research because:

Mixed designs are combinations of:

Dr. Wilhelm randomly assigned 50 depressed patients (half women and half men)to two groups for treatment. One group received medication, and the other received cognitive therapy. Ratings of the depression level of the participants were taken before and after treatment. The rating of participants' depression level is the

It is relatively simple to conduct scientific research in the field of abnormal psychology.

Janet wants to be able study phenomena and draw broad conclusions; which design is least likely to help her achieve her goal?

Epidemiological research allows for better clinical care.

Dr. Less collected data showing that depressed people were less interested in interacting with non-depressed people. She concluded that their depression had caused them to withdraw from people. However, later research showed that depressed people had not interacted with non-depressed people even before they became depressed. Dr. Less failed to consider ___________ problems.

Which of the following most strongly influences the type of information collected in a case study?

Correlational data would allow one to make which of the following statements?

Theories are typically guided by paradigms.