FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AB

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AB

PSYCH CHAPTER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Interobserver Reliability

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The extent to which different observers(or raters) agree on the way they categorize or in some way quantify a given observation.

Question 2: Random Sampling

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Selecting subjects by chance from some larger population.Question 3: The following are the requirements for good epidemiological research studies.

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random sampling, reliability, and validity Question 4: A behavior that seems abnormal in one cultural context may very well be perfectly acceptable in a different culture of society. This is called .

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cultural relativity

Question 5: Abnormal

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Behavior that is culturally inappropriate, is accompanied by subjective distress, and involves a psychological impairment(inability to cope with life's demands.Question 6: The current system for identifying and diagnosing psychological problems is the .

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DSM-IV-TR

Question 7: This indicates mental illness is similar to physical illness.

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disease metaphor

Question 8: Single-Subject Experimental Designs

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Experimental methods that do not rely on groups of people, but rather on the repeated measures form individual subjects.Question 9: As opposed to the person who simply does not do certain things because of personal values or lack of interest, the perosn with a psychological impairment is "blank" to do certain things.

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unable

Question 10: Mental Disorders

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Clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes or patterns that involve one or more of the following: Present Distress, Disability, or Significantly increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or important loss of freedom.

Question 11: Mental disorders are easier to "blank" than to explain.

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label

Question 12: Sociopathic

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Experience little remorse or distress associated with their antisocial behavior.Question 13: The use of the phrase was initially promoted by enlightened physicians seeking to reduce stigma associated with lunacy.

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mental illness

Question 14: Correlation Coefficient

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A measure of the direction and strength of relationship between variables.

Question 15: Case Study

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The study of an individual clinical case.

Question 16: Diagnostic Reliability

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Consistency and agreement between clinicians in use of a diagnostic label.

Question 17: Experimental Group

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Group on which the manipulation of interest is performed in an experimental design.Question 18: Dr. Edwards conducted three simultaneous studies in which she repeately obtained the same positive results on her new anxiety measure. As the anxiety measure yielded the same result on repeated trials, we could say that the measure has .

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reliability Question 19: While this is a characteristic of most abnormal behavior in all societies, it is not entirely satisfying as the sole criterion of abnormality.

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cultural inappropriateness

Question 20: Reliability

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The extent to which a measure consistently yields the same results on repeated trials.Question 21: Terry is unable to function adequately in her roles as an employee, parent, spouse, and friend, she can be considered to have .

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a psychological disbility Question 22: The frequency of behaviors among different groups is calculated in .

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epidemiological research Question 23: Jake's behavior has been deemed a psychological impairment. This means that:

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interferes with his roles

Question 24: Placebo Effect

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When an expectation of improvement is sufficient to cause improvement.Question 25: At the Investigator' meeting for a new clinical trial, all of the raters watched and scored a videotape on the depression measure to be used in the trial. All of the raters agreed on

the total score. This is known as:

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interobserver

Question 26: Cultural Relativity

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The perspective that different cultures may utilize different standards in the definition of abnormality.

Question 27: Which of the following is a limitaion using the case study method?

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The case study findings cannot be generalized to others