ITP CHAPTER 2 Flashcards
It is emperical grounded in objective and tangible evidence
Scientific study
Practice of making hole in skull allowing spirit to leave
Trephination
What is clinical practice in the use research info?
Informs diagnosis and treatment, learning evidence base treatment
Policy formulation
Helps the policymakers in developing mental health policy
Education and training
Shapes curricula and psychology program
It assess the effectiveness of mental interventions
Program evaluation
Raises awareness and reduce the stigma sorrounding mental health issues
Public awareness
Support efforts to influence mental health policy
Advocay
Further research
Identifies gaps of knowledge, prompting new studies and inquiries
What are process of scientific method?
Deductive reasoning: begins with generalisation
Inductive: uses of emperical observation to construct broad generalisation.
What are the scientific method?
Theory: a sets of ideas that propose explanation for a observable phenomenon
Hypothesis: tentative and testable statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables
What are approaches to research?
Clinical or case study
Naturalist observation
Surveys
Archival research s
Longitudinal and cross sectional research
Focus on one individual, studied an extreme psychological circumstance
Clinical or case study
Observation of behaviour in it’s natural setting
Naturalistic observation
Observation align with observer expectations
Observer bias
A list of questioned that can deliver in many ways, can use a large amount of data from a larger population
Surveys
What is Archival research
Uses past records or data sets to answer various research question
It compare multiple segments of population at a single time
Cross sectional research
Individual surveys repeatedly in an extend period of time
Longitudinal
What are the analysing findings?
Correlational research
Correlation and causation
Experimental research
What are the types of correlational?
Positive:as 1 variable increase, the other also increse
Negative: “ the also decrease
No: the is no descernible correlation
Statistical measure represent as r
Correlational coofecient
Occurs when one event leads to another
Cause and effect relationship
What is confounding variable?
External factor that affects the independent and dependent variables