Ch. 6 Lecs Flashcards
efficacy: how well therapy works …
- success of a therapy is very …
within the lab;
controlled
efficacy:
- very … methods one has to practice when studying therapy within a lab
- real patients here are more likely to be …
strict;
in psych hospital
effectiveness: how well does the … function in the …
efficacy studied within the lab;
real world
therapy works for those who are …
motivated to be in it
… and … tools to test clients
- research on … and … assessment tools
reliable;
valid;
evaluating; improving
research on assessment tools:
- how can we make tools more …, more …, etc?
valid;
accurate
research on diagnostic issues:
- examine relationships between … (e.g. … and …, … and …)
disorders;
anorexia; OCPD;
bulimia;
gambling
research on diagnostic issues:
- research indicates that personality disorders are … - example of how we study …/… of disorders
not stable over time;
prevalence;
course
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
beliefs;
negatively;
level of care
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 …
attitudes;
female;
non-pathological
research on teaching/training:
- research on …
- research on … –> led to mandate for …
training philosophies;
specific coursework;
multiculturalism courses
research on professional issues:
- research for … - is it good/bad to … with every client?
- looking at … of different psychotherapies and how they work
specialized training;
focus on just one thing;
outcomes;
… is the only method that determines cause and effect relationships
experimental method
correlational method only looks at … between two or more variables (not …)
- often used when … can’t be done
relationship;
cause and effect;
experimental designs
quasi-experiment: used in place of … when you can’t really … as you’d like
experimental;
manipulate the variable
analogue design:
- according to Dr. Death, an example is taking … of …
a healthy sample;
population of interest
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case study: …, … study of …
long; in-depth;
one person
case study:
- can’t be …
- better for people with …/….
generalized;
unique/unexplainable illnesses
meta-analysis: study of …
- …. and …
studies;
results of many studies;
turns it into one
- cross-sectional: compare participants at …
- longitudinal: study participants …
same point in time;
over a longer period of time
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 …
similar to their target population;
of the same age as college students
