Essentials of Understanding Abnormal Behavior 2nd Edition by David Sue Test Bank . A+ GRADED.

Essentials of Understanding Abnormal Behavior 2nd Edition by David Sue Test Bank . A+ GRADED. CHAPTER 3: CLINICAL RESEARCH, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSIS IN ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the role of replication in psychological research? a. Replication assists psychologists in making accurate diagnoses. b. Replication assists psychologists in developing the most appropriate treatments for c. Replication increases the chances that consumers will understand psychological re d. Replication reduces the chances that findings are due to experimenter bias, metho ANS: D REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual 2. Your neighbor tells you, “I’m concerned about vaccinating my children. I understand that scientists have proved that childhood vaccines cause autism.” What is the most accurate response that you can give your neighbor? a. “Actually, no one has ever studied this thoroughly, so no one really knows.” b. “Not really; well-designed studies have been done, and the research does not supp c. “Not exactly; it seems that autism is caused by an equation of environmental condit many variables involved.” d. “You are right; double-blind research has shown that autism is caused by vaccines. ANS: B REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied 3. What is most accurate regarding the research findings reported in the mass media as conclusive? a. Usually the findings from initial research are replicated. b. Newspapers often get the facts wrong. c. Initial findings reported by newspapers often are not replicated. d. Newspapers are the best sources of scientific information. ANS: C REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual 4. “I never accept the results of one study as conclusive. Findings must be replicated. I look carefully at the methods used to produce conclusions. Because of my skeptical attitude, you can guess I am a .” a. philosopher c. scientist b. politician d. newspaper ANS: C REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual 5. Emily came to see her advisor about doing a research study for her Ph.D. dissertation. “What are you going to investigate?” he asked. “I believe that drinking orange juice before an IQ test will raise a person’s score,” she said. Emily’s answer constitutes a(n) . a. idiographic orientation c. operational b. hypothesis d. theory ANS: B REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied 6. Cynthia wants to ensure that her research is consistent with the scientific method. Among the many characteristics of good research, what will she need to ensure for the scientific method specifically? a. That she listens to her own intuition b. That her participants are aware of what will be done to them c. That her study provides for the testing of hypotheses d. That her data remain confidential ANS: C REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Applied 7. Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method? a. systematic data collection for the testing of hypotheses b. maintaining the privacy of researchers’ methods so that ideas are not stolen c. research conducted without the restrictions that hypotheses and theories put on ou d. rejection of the concept “self-correction” ANS: A REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual 8. 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 . a. confounding variable; manipulated variable b. dependent variable; independent variable c. independent variable; dependent variable d. experimental variable; control variable ANS: C REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Conceptual 9. The best way to test the relationship between two variables is with a(n) . a. case study c. correlationa b. placebo d. experiment ANS: C REF: The Scientific Method in Clinical Research OBJ: 1 MSC: Factual