Exam 3: Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality

What is a hypothesis?

Which of the following terms refers to a statistic that gives an indication of the magnitude of differences between two groups, and can be used to compare results across similar studies?

under the direction of Wendell Johnson conducted a study that later earned the nickname, 'The Monster Study'. Johnson and Tudor theorized that stuttering was a learned behaviour. The participants were 22 orphans from the Iowa Home. Ten children were stutterers and subdivided into Group IA and Group IB. The remaining 12 children were randomly selected and subdivided into Group IIA and Group IIB. Children in Group IA were repeatedly told, "You do not stutter and your speech is fine". Children in Group IB were repeatedly told, "Your speech is as bad as people say". In Group IIA, the children were told, "You are beginning to stutter and should get help immediately because your speech is getting bad". Group IIB were given compliments on their speech with no mention of any speech problems. Orphan staff members were told to reinforce the treatment. What type of methodology was used in the study? Discuss the ethical issues (if any) attached to this study.

A factor or characteristic of the population under study is called a _______.

In their animal study, Seligman and colleagues discovered that the dogs in Group E were unable to recognize opportunities for control that arose. What did the researchers label this set of behaviours?

____________ translations of theoretical concepts may cause subtle problems when working with diverse groups.

Researchers use a __________ to predict what they believe will occur in a study.

conclude?

Stress is one of the easier variables to define in research.

What does external validity refer to?

Double-blind studies are easily biased by the participant and experimenter.

What is the primary advantage of human laboratory studies?

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of correlational studies?

Which of the following variables is manipulated in an experimental study?

Margaret is a graduate student who wants to investigate if religious environments influence college students' consumption of alcohol. She uses the student union's database to generate the surveys. Once the data collection is complete, she analyzes the scores. What is the independent variable (IV)?

__________ is used to draw out the participants' assumptions following an upsetting experiment.

The ability to apply what is learned from research to other groups is called _________.

What does replication refer to?

In Mexican culture, which of the following are more likely to respond "yes" to a researcher's questions regardless of the content?

What is the independent variable in a study that investigates the impact of parenting style on discipline problems in children?