Exam 3: Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality

The study by Andrew Ryder at Concordia University that compared the expression of depression in Canada versus China was an important contribution to __________.

A study whose results are generalizable to the broader population demonstrates high external validity.

The researchers are interested in the relationship between depression and the loss of loved ones. The groups of interest are the bereaved and non-bereaved. The variables in this study receive no manipulation and depression is measured in both groups. What type of research design is being used?

Therapy outcome studies that are conducted in real-world settings provide evidence for the ____________ of a therapy.

In which closed community was Egeland's study of mood disorders conducted?

Which of the following research designs allows researchers to prevent demand effects?

What is a correlation coefficient?

Which type of control group is typically used for measuring the efficacy of new drugs?

Darin participated in a double-blind study. Which of the following statements is true of the double-blind study?

What is internal validity and why is it important? What factors influence internal validity and how can internal validity be enhanced?

Which of the following statements is true if the correlation between two variables is +.95?

A correlation of .30 and a sample size of 200 will have a high _______.

Sampling that allows each person an equal opportunity to be selected is called ____________ sampling.

Jamie is in a general psychology course. She chose major depression as her research topic. While searching the database, she located several journal articles that summarized several studies over the past ten years. What type of studies was Jamie most likely reading?

Which type of validity might be threatened if participants in the experimental group and control group differ significantly at the start of the study?

Which of the following is most true of experimental studies?

Which of the following statements is not true of single-case experimental designs?

Results that do not generalize outside of the laboratory are said to have which of the following?

Continuous variables are measured along a continuum.

Robert is gathering data for his graduate research project. He targets psychology students as his participants. He randomly selects several psychology classes to administer his questionnaire. Which of the following is true concerning Robert's participants?