Research methods Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of treatment did Beail and Warden (1996) implement?
A
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Preliminary results had a good outcome
- Self-report: understanding of questions unsure and acquiescence
- 9m and 1 f = more representative, but uneven
- Verbal communication skills may not have been good enough for therapy
2
Q
What type of intervention did Whitaker (1992) use?
A
- Differential reinforcement of Other Behaviours
- Effective in reducing behaviours
- No formal measures taken
- Reversal of procedure needed to see effect of reinforcer
- External validity: case study
3
Q
What did Berney, Ireland and Burn (2006) find about the behavioural phenotype of CdLS?
What type of method did they use?
Critique?
A
- 49 individuals with borderline to profound ID.
- Wide range of behaviours found
- SIB, hyperactivity, sleep disturbance, and aggression found commonly
- Questionnaire
- Biased sample: gender, services, small
- No reliability/validity about measures
- No comparison group
4
Q
What did Clegg and Scheard (2002) find increased CB?
A
- 54 school leavers with severe ID
- 34% had close relationships leading to jealousy: significantly increased CB
- Cross-over of autism and attachment
- Bias of care-giver reports
- Correlation
5
Q
Who used discrimination training?
A
- Heald et al. (2013)
- Excessive rates of social approach in Angelman’s
- 4 children: social reinforcement and extinction
- 25-35 sessions
- Discrimination shown after 16-20 sessions
- Reversal effects shown
- Used a novel stimulus cue to discriminate adult availability
6
Q
What are the 7 dimensions of behavioural phenotype research?
A
Developmental trajectory preserved domains impaired domains behaviour excess behaviour disorder psychiatric disorder emergent neuropathology
7
Q
What is there little research in?
A
The effect of aging on genetic syndromes: often cases of early aging e.g. Downs Syndrome and Alzheimers in 30s. Before people with genetic syndromes were not living as long as they are now.
