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Chapter 2 - The Value Of Research For Clinicians Flashcards

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Carl Rogers

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Opened door to psychotherapy research and demonstrated the necessity of research

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Bias

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An inclination of temperament or outlook; prejudice, bent; tendency

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Designed research studies and what do they control

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They control bias, examples are random assignment of subjects and double blind studies

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Psychotherapy

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Create 2 conditions:

  • the desired treatment to measure
  • the attention placebo
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Non-clinical research and practicing clinicians

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Useful to know what normal behavior/function looks like to compare to the disrupted behavior/function

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Memory

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Benefits of research on this allows someone to know the difference between normal and abnormal functions

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Research and diagnosis

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  • revisions in DSM require field testing on specific criteria associated with given disorder to make diagnosis and treatment more reliable
  • research in the reliability and validity of test instruments can improve diagnostic accuracy
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Evidence based care

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  • insurance demand that treatments used with specific disorders must show evidence of effectiveness through research
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Does research ever change?

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YES.

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Do all psychologists do research?

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NO! Only 10% of psychologists do research. It accounts for 90% of the research we see

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Nomothetic Understanding

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A general understanding of the nature, causes and treatments of abnormal functioning in the form of laws or principles

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Scientific method

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The process of systematically gathering and evaluating information, through careful observations, to understand a phenomenon

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Hypothesis

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A hunch or prediction that certain variables are related in certain ways

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How are case studies helpful?

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  • can be a source of new ideas about behavior
  • challenge a theories assumptions
  • May show the value of new therapeutic techniques
  • May offer opportunities to study unusual problems that do not occur enough to permit a large number of observations
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Limitations of case studies

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  • reporters by bias observers
  • provide little basis for generalization
  • rate low on external validity and internal validity
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Case study

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A detailed account of a person life and psychological problems

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Internal validity

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The accuracy with which a study can pinpoint one factor as the cause of a phenomenon

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External validity

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The degree to which the results of a study may be generalized beyond that study

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Correlation

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The degree to which the events or characteristics vary along with each other

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Correlational method

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A research procedure used to determine how much events or characteristics vary along with each other

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How do you describe correlations?

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  • positive
  • negative
  • no correlation
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When can correlations be trusted?

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If p is less than .05 it is said to be statistically significant

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Experiment

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A research procedure in which a variable is manipulated and the effect of the manipulation on another variable is observed

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Independent variable

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The variable is an experiment that is manipulated to determine whether it has an effect on another variable

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Dependent variable

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The variable in an experiment expected to change as the independent variable is manipulated

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Confound

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A variable other than the independent variable acting on the dependent variable

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Control group

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A group of participants who are not exposed to the independent variable

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Experimental group

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The participants who are exposed to the independent variable under investigation

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Random assignment

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A selection procedure that ensures that participants are randomly placed either in the control group or the experimental group

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Masked design

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An experiment in which participants do not know whether they are in experimental or the controls condition (blind design)

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Placebo theory

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A pretend treatment that the participant in an experiment believes to be genuine

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Quasi-experimental design

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A reader has design that fails to include the key elements of a “pure” experiment and intermixed elements of both experimental and correlational studies

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Matched design

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A research design that matches the experimental participants with control participants who are similar on key characteristics

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Natural experiment

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An experiment in which natureD rather than an experimented, manipulated an independent variable

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IRBs: institutional review boards

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An ethics committee in research facility that is empowered to protect the rights and safety of human research participants

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