Ch. 6 PPT

Question 1

Why do clinical psychologists do research?

• …
• …
• … issues
• … issues
• … and … issues

Answer 1

treatment outcome; 
assessment methods; 
diagnostic issues; 
professional; 
teaching; training

Question 2

Research on treatment outcome:

• …
• …

Answer 2

efficacy;

effectiveness

Question 3

Research on Assessment methods: 
examples can include: 
- ... or ... of assessment tools
- establishing ... for assessment tools
- ... to each other

Answer 3

validation;
expanded use;
normative data;
comparing multiple assessment tools

Question 4

Research on Diagnostic issues - examples can include:

• examine …. or …. of diagnostic constructs
• examine … between disorders
• … or … of disorders

Answer 4

reliability; validity;
relationships;
prevalence;
course

Question 5

Research on Professional Issues:

Examples can include psychologists’: …, …

Answer 5

beliefs;

attitudes

Question 6

Research on Teaching and Training Issues - examples can include:

• …
• specific …
• opportunities for …
• outcome of …

Answer 6

training philosophies;
coursework;
specialized training;
training efforts

Question 7

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)

• the … –> … of events
• … –> define … and …

Answer 7

experimental method; 
observation; 
hypothesis; 
independent; 
dependent variables

Question 8

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)

• … the hypothesis
• … as necessary per results

Answer 8

empirically test;

alter hypothesis

Question 9

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)
can use …
can use … designs

Answer 9

quasi-experiments;

analogue designs

Question 10

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)
Quasi-experiments
- used in place of true experiments when …, …., or other issues limit manipulations
- less … than true experiments, but common in clinical psych

Answer 10

practical;
ethical;
scientifically sound

Question 11

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)

• … design
• … design
• … designs

Answer 11

between-group;
within-group;
mixed-group

Question 12

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)

• between-group design: participants in different conditions receive …
• within-group design: compare participants in a single condition to … at ….

Answer 12

entirely different treatments;
themselves;
various points in time

Question 13

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)

- mixed-group designs: combination of … and …

Answer 13

between-group;

within-group designs

Question 14

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)
analogue designs:
- used when … or … cannot be accessed
- an … or … of the “real thing”

Answer 14

actual clinical populations;
situations;
approximation;
simulation

Question 15

(How do clinical psychologists do research?)

• … designs
• …
• …
• … vs … designs

Answer 15

correlational;
case studies;
meta-analysis;
cross-sectional; longitudinal

Question 16

(Ethical Issues in Research in Clinical Psych)
Numerous APA ethical standards specifically address research:
- obtain …
- do not …
- use … only when justified and necessary

Answer 16

informed consent;
coerce participation;
deception

Question 17

(Ethical Issues in Research in Clinical Psych)
Numerous APA ethical standards specifically address research:
- minimize … to participants
- do not … or … data
- assign … appropriately
- share … with other researchers for …

Answer 17

harm; 
fabricate; falsify; 
authorship; 
data; 
verification