Ch. 6 Lecs

Question 1

efficacy: how well therapy works …

- success of a therapy is very …

Answer 1

within the lab;

controlled

Question 2

efficacy:
- very … methods one has to practice when studying therapy within a lab
- real patients here are more likely to be …

Answer 2

strict;

in psych hospital

Question 3

effectiveness: how well does the … function in the …

Answer 3

efficacy studied within the lab;

real world

Question 4

therapy works for those who are …

Answer 4

motivated to be in it

Question 5

… and … tools to test clients

- research on … and … assessment tools

Answer 5

reliable;
valid;
evaluating; improving

Question 6

research on assessment tools:

- how can we make tools more …, more …, etc?

Answer 6

valid;

accurate

Question 7

research on diagnostic issues:

- examine relationships between … (e.g. … and …, … and …)

Answer 7

disorders;
anorexia; OCPD;
bulimia;
gambling

Question 8

research on diagnostic issues:

- research indicates that personality disorders are … - example of how we study …/… of disorders

Answer 8

not stable over time;
prevalence;
course

Question 9

research on professional issues:
- research on how … impact our patience –> if you have a negative belief system about a certain group, that will … impact … you’re giving to client

Answer 9

beliefs;
negatively;
level of care

Question 10

research on professional issues:
- … towards different groups as well (e.g. research shows that … therapists are more accepting of lgbtqi community - they view this as …

Answer 10

attitudes;
female;
non-pathological

Question 11

research on teaching/training:

• research on …
• research on … –> led to mandate for …

Answer 11

training philosophies;
specific coursework;
multiculturalism courses

Question 12

research on professional issues:

• research for … - is it good/bad to … with every client?
• looking at … of different psychotherapies and how they work

Answer 12

specialized training;
focus on just one thing;
outcomes;

Question 13

… is the only method that determines cause and effect relationships

Answer 13

experimental method

Question 14

correlational method only looks at … between two or more variables (not …)
- often used when … can’t be done

Answer 14

relationship;
cause and effect;
experimental designs

Question 15

quasi-experiment: used in place of … when you can’t really … as you’d like

Answer 15

experimental;

manipulate the variable

Question 16

analogue design:

- according to Dr. Death, an example is taking … of …

Answer 16

a healthy sample;
population of interest
(check that this is correct in text)

Question 17

case study: …, … study of …

Answer 17

long; in-depth;

one person

Question 18

case study:

• can’t be …
• better for people with …/….

Answer 18

generalized;

unique/unexplainable illnesses

Question 19

meta-analysis: study of …

- …. and …

Answer 19

studies;
results of many studies;
turns it into one

Question 20

• cross-sectional: compare participants at …

- longitudinal: study participants …

Answer 20

same point in time;

over a longer period of time

Question 21

analogue designs:
can use subjects whose characteristics are …
e.g. if a researcher is interested in studying people who are depressed college students, and they don’t have access to college students, they can use subjects that are …

Answer 21

similar to their target population;

of the same age as college students