Question 1

Sound research in abnormal psychology uses the _____ method.

Accepted Answer

scientific

Question 2

Clinical researchers form general, or _____, knowledge about the nature, causes, and treatments of abnormal behavior.

Accepted Answer

nomothetic

Question 3

Clinical practitioners seek a(n) _____ understanding of human behavior.

Accepted Answer

idiographic

Question 4

A tentative explanation or hunch that provides a basis for study is a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

hypothesis

Question 5

5. The study design in which a researcher meets several times with a single research participant and interviews, tests, and physically evaluates that person to develop a detailed description of the person's life and psychological problem is called a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

case study

Question 6

6. A study has _____ when it controls for all variables except the ones being investigated.

Accepted Answer

internal validity

Question 7

7. An investigation is said to have _____ when findings of the investigation can be generalized beyond the immediate study.

Accepted Answer

external validity

Question 8

8. The _____ method is used to determine how strong a relationship can be observed between two variables.

Accepted Answer

correlational

Question 9

9. In a correlational study of two variables, the relationship between them is graphically described by a line called the _____.

Accepted Answer

line of best fit

Question 10

10. In a correlation study, the direction and magnitude of the relationship between the variables is expressed by the statistical term called the _____.

Accepted Answer

coefficient

Question 11

11. When a study's findings are highly unlikely to have occurred simply due to chance, the findings are said to be statistically _____.

Accepted Answer

significant

Question 12

12. When the probability that a study's findings occurred due to chance are less than _____ percent, the findings are said to be statistically significant.

Accepted Answer

5

Question 13

13. Correlations cannot be used to conclude that a(n) _____ relationship exists between two variables.

Accepted Answer

causal

Question 14

14. The type of study that allows a direct determination of a causal relationship between two variables is a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

experiment

Question 15

15. Sometimes, a variable other than the independent variable will also affect the dependent variable. Such a variable is called a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

confound

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