Exam 4: Research Methods in the Study of Abnormal Behaviour

Which of the following would likely produce a negative correlation?

A meta-analysis conducted by Moncrieff and Kirsch (2005)concluded that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)have no clinically meaningful advantage over placebos even though:

What was especially unique about the 54-year-old white Canadian male who was imprisoned for zoophilia was that:

A meta-analysis analyzes all studies in an area published in the last 10 years.

Dr. Hauser hypothesized that depression is related to stress, such that people who are more depressed are also more stressed. Which of the following correlations between depression and stress would best confirm her hypothesis?

Dr. Cuthbert assesses the proportion of people on the island who have a gambling addiction one year after a new casino is built beside Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. She is assessing the ________ of the disorder.

According to the 2003 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, the most important reason why First Nation children come to the attention of child welfare personnel is:

In a sample of 15 year old girls, many scored similarly on a measure of depression. Five years later, some girls were still depressed, some were more depressed, and some were not experiencing depression. What type of analysis may be helpful to more fully understand this group?

To test the impact of therapy on depression, a researcher tells a random half of his participants (falsely)that they failed an exam. He then conducts one hour of therapy with the "failure" participants. One week later the participants given false feedback are no more depressed than the control group, so the researcher concludes the treatment was effective. This would be described as which type of research?

The Smith et al. (1980)meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies concluded that:

There is a strong, positive correlation between ice cream sales and murder rates. Explain why.

Persons with schizophrenia are randomly assigned to either an attention-training group or a social skills training group. Equal numbers of males and females were in each training group. Scores on a measure of thought disorder, a prominent symptom in schizophrenia, were examined after the end of the training sessions. Which is the dependent variable?

One advantage to qualitative research in clinical psychology is that it

A research team found that men who did not exercise had a higher rate of heart disease. Which of the following explanations illustrates the third-variable problem?

If a researcher only uses classificatory variables and does not manipulate any variables, the type of research is:

Dr. Klein found that the correlation between anxiety and an IQ test was exactly zero. This means that

What two risk factors did the 1990 Ontario Mental Health Supplement study identify to be the strongest predictors of later mental health problems?

A case study of Rebecca (a patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa complicated by depression and alcohol abuse)presented by Hendricks and Thompson (2005)found that IPT was most effective in:

Case studies are not useful in

A group of researchers identify and study children who are considered more likely to develop anxiety disorders in adulthood. This method is: