Health Psychology

Question 1

Cross-Sectional Design

Answer 1

Comparing two or more groups on a particular variable at a specific time. The opposite is a longitudinal design.

Question 2

Domino Causality

Answer 2

Cause and effect relationships where the effects become causes and there is a sequential unfolding of effects over time.

Question 3

Double-blind testing

Answer 3

An experimental procedure in which neither the researcher doing the study nor the participants know the specific type of treatment each participant receives until after the experiment is over; used to gaurd against both experimenter bias and placebo effects

Question 4

Longitudinal Study

Answer 4

Research over a period of time using observations, interviews, or psychometric testing.

Question 5

Meta-Analysis

Answer 5

Pooling data from multiple studies of the same research questions to arrive at one combined answer.

Question 6

Outcomes based research

Answer 6

An attempt by healthcare agencies to see how certain healthcare practices, treatments, and other interventions affect a person’s health. Focuses on the results

Question 7

Participant Attrition

Answer 7

The rate at which participants drop out of a study over time. This often occurs when research has many steps or takes place over a long period of time.

Question 8

Placebo Effect

Answer 8

A beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug or treatment, which cannot be attributed
to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient’s belief in that
treatment

Question 9

Process Based Research

Answer 9

An attempt by healthcare agencies to see how certain healthcare practices, treatments, and other interventions affect a person’s health over time. This type of research is focused on the changes over time, rather than the final results.

Question 10

Prospective Research

Answer 10

A study that attempts to find a correlation between two variables by collecting
data early in the life of participants and then continuing to test them over a period of time to measure change and development.

Question 11

Single Blind Testing

Answer 11

An experiment in which the researchers know which participants are receiving a
treatment and which are not; however, the participants do not know which condition they are in