Exam 13: Psychotherapy Outcome

Amani receives therapy for her depression. At the end of ten sessions she ends her therapy. Although she did not show much improvement during the therapy, one year later she is doing great. This illustrates the:

In the Aspirin trial, which indicated that taking aspirin reduced mortality by staving off heart disease, the size of the effect was small. This reflects:

The largest average effect size is for what form of therapy?

"Tall fathers tend to have tall kids, their kids are not as tall as they are." This statement illustrates:

When you collapse several studies into one data set and then analyze from there it is a:

If results indicate that 10 out of 50 people report being depressed, then than 20% of the population is depressed. This illustrates:

If I look at the efficacy of therapy on weight loss and I track patients for one year after therapy ends I may find that some subjects actually perform better once treatment is concluded. This is an example of the:

If one were looking at the efficacy of a given treatment and found that it is not significantly effective at p $\lt$ .0, this illustrates the use of:

If I am looking at the effect of traffic on aggression and I conclude that high volume traffic is related to aggressive driving, I may be ignoring information (such as the likelihood that on hot days people are more aggressive) because I cannot control for those variables. This is an example of a:

Insurers and employers are concerned with the efficacy of treatment because it may increase:

Research indicates low biofeedback treatment efficacy for:

Overall, what does research show regarding the efficacy of treatment? Are some therapies slightly better than others? Do some disorders have a better prognosis than others?

Research indicates high biofeedback treatment efficacy for:

Juliana does a study that looks at dialectical behavioral therapy on individuals with borderline personality disorders. She finds that a meta-analysis indicates that there is efficacy. This demonstrates:

For which of the following disorders will treatment show the largest treatment effect size?

What tremendously influential personality psychologist published research that looked at 7,000 patients and concluded that those who received treatment were no better off than those who did not?

If we say that research has some practical value and utility then we say it has high:

Compare and contrast box score reviews and meta-analysis. Is one approach 'better' than the other? What are the pros and cons of each?

Why does research indicate that many treatments produce similar benefits? What possible characteristics on the part of the patient may come into play? What characteristics on the part of the therapist?

Define the following terms: values of particular outcomes, regression to the mean, sleepers, and dodo bird effect.