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Psy657 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions And
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Comorbid - Answer✔refers to the presence of two or more disease conditions at the same time
in the same person
Differential Diagnosis (DDx) - Answer✔The determination of which of two or more diseases
with similar symptoms is the one from which the patient is suffering, by a systematic
comparison and contrasting of the clinical findings
Correlation - Answer✔A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of
how well either factor predicts the other.
chronic vs acute - Answer✔chronic:
long tern
acute:
short term
episodic - Answer✔describes a type of memory that includes specific events that one has
personally experienced
Developmental - Answer✔study of our changing abilities from womb to tomb
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internal validity - Answer✔extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a
study
External validity (generalizability) - Answer✔Refers to whether the results of a study can be
generalized to other situations and other people, controlled by: random sampling, situational
control, and cause/effect relationships.
statistical significance - Answer✔a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result
occurred by chance
Behaviorism - Answer✔A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific
psychology should study only observable behavior
Humanism - Answer✔A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and
creativity
Epidemiology - Answer✔Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution,
and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
Psychopathology - Answer✔sickness or disorder of the mind
sublimation (defense mechanism) - Answer✔channeling socially unacceptable impulses into
constructive, even admirable, behavior
Fixation - Answer✔the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, by employing a
different mental set
Rationalization - Answer✔psychoanalytic defense mechanism that offers self-justifying
explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions.
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Psy657 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Comorbid - Answer✔refers to the presence of two or more disease conditions at the same time
in the same person
Differential Diagnosis (DDx) - Answer✔The determination of which of two or more diseases
with similar symptoms is the one from which the patient is suffering, by a systematic
comparison and contrasting of the clinical findings
Correlation - Answer✔A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of
how well either factor predicts the other.
chronic vs acute - Answer✔chronic:
long tern
acute:
short term
episodic - Answer✔describes a type of memory that includes specific events that one has
personally experienced
Developmental - Answer✔study of our changing abilities from womb to tomb
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internal validity - Answer✔extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a
study
External validity (generalizability) - Answer✔Refers to whether the results of a study can be
generalized to other situations and other people, controlled by: random sampling, situational
control, and cause/effect relationships.
statistical significance - Answer✔a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result
occurred by chance
Behaviorism - Answer✔A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific
psychology should study only observable behavior
Humanism - Answer✔A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and
creativity
Epidemiology - Answer✔Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution,
and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
Psychopathology - Answer✔sickness or disorder of the mind
sublimation (defense mechanism) - Answer✔channeling socially unacceptable impulses into
constructive, even admirable, behavior
Fixation - Answer✔the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, by employing a
different mental set
Rationalization - Answer✔psychoanalytic defense mechanism that offers self-justifying
explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions.
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