TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM (g g g g g
2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
Which of the following groups of Americans has the highest rates
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of severe mental illness?
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a. American Indian g
b. Hispanic
c. Black
d. Asian - ---answers g g a. American Indian
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A significant positive correlation is found between variables x an
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d y. Which of the following may be safely inferred?
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a. x causes y g g
b. y causes x g g
c. as x increases, y increases
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d. as x increases, y decreases - ---answers
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c. as x increases, y increases
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What does the notation p< .05 next to a correlation mean?
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a. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by c
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hance is less than 95 out of 100
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, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM ( g g g g g
2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
b. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by c
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hance is less than 5 out of 100
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c. The probability that a positive correlation will be found p
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urely by chance g g
d. The probability that a negative correlation will be found pure
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ly by chance - ---answers
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b. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by ch
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ance is less than 5 out of 100
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Which of the following terms is defined as the size of the associat
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ion between two variables independent of the sample size?
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a. Statistical significance g
b. Clinical significance g
c. Effect size g
d. Association size - ---answers g g g c. Effect size
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What is the term for the statistical approach that calculates and t
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hen combines the effect sizes from multiple studies?
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a. Meta-analysis
b. Effect analysis g
c. Multiple-effect analysis g
d. Correlational analysis ----- answers g a. Meta-analysis
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, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM (
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2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
Which research approach requires subjects to recall the past?
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a. Reconstructive
b. Repressed
c. Retroactive
d. Retrospective - ---answers g g d. Retrospective
g
A researcher says, "These studies make it too easy for investigat
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ors to find the background factors they expect to find. However,
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they would be more valid if we found documents like school re
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ports that show the background factor before the disorder emerg
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es." What kind of research strategy is the researcher referring to
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?
a. Prospective strategies g
b. N=1 strategies g
c. Retrospective strategies g
d. Analogue studies - ---answers g g g
c. Retrospective strategies
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What type of research design begins with the identification of ind
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ividuals who are likely to develop a particular disorder?
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, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM (
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2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
a. Correlational
b. Experimental
c. Prospective
d. Retrospective - ---answers g g
c. Prospective In most prospective studies,
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a. large samples of individuals are interviewed to see if there are
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any risk factors that differentiate those with the disorder of intere
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st.
b. children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied be
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fore signs of the disorder show up.
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c. analogue research is used because of the ethical problems w
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ith other experimental research.
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d. a representative sample of a general population of adults is us
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ed. - ---answers
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b. children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied be
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fore signs of the disorder show up.
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A researcher who provides a certain treatment for one group and
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withholds treatment from a completely comparable group is usi
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a. correlational
b. epidemiological
2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
Which of the following groups of Americans has the highest rates
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of severe mental illness?
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a. American Indian g
b. Hispanic
c. Black
d. Asian - ---answers g g a. American Indian
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A significant positive correlation is found between variables x an
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d y. Which of the following may be safely inferred?
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a. x causes y g g
b. y causes x g g
c. as x increases, y increases
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d. as x increases, y decreases - ---answers
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c. as x increases, y increases
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What does the notation p< .05 next to a correlation mean?
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a. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by c
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hance is less than 95 out of 100
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, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM ( g g g g g
2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
b. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by c
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hance is less than 5 out of 100
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c. The probability that a positive correlation will be found p
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urely by chance g g
d. The probability that a negative correlation will be found pure
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ly by chance - ---answers
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b. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by ch
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ance is less than 5 out of 100
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Which of the following terms is defined as the size of the associat
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ion between two variables independent of the sample size?
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a. Statistical significance g
b. Clinical significance g
c. Effect size g
d. Association size - ---answers g g g c. Effect size
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What is the term for the statistical approach that calculates and t
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hen combines the effect sizes from multiple studies?
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a. Meta-analysis
b. Effect analysis g
c. Multiple-effect analysis g
d. Correlational analysis ----- answers g a. Meta-analysis
g
, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM (
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2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
Which research approach requires subjects to recall the past?
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a. Reconstructive
b. Repressed
c. Retroactive
d. Retrospective - ---answers g g d. Retrospective
g
A researcher says, "These studies make it too easy for investigat
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ors to find the background factors they expect to find. However,
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they would be more valid if we found documents like school re
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ports that show the background factor before the disorder emerg
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es." What kind of research strategy is the researcher referring to
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?
a. Prospective strategies g
b. N=1 strategies g
c. Retrospective strategies g
d. Analogue studies - ---answers g g g
c. Retrospective strategies
g g
What type of research design begins with the identification of ind
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ividuals who are likely to develop a particular disorder?
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, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM (
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2024-2025) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS g g g
a. Correlational
b. Experimental
c. Prospective
d. Retrospective - ---answers g g
c. Prospective In most prospective studies,
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a. large samples of individuals are interviewed to see if there are
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any risk factors that differentiate those with the disorder of intere
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st.
b. children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied be
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fore signs of the disorder show up.
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c. analogue research is used because of the ethical problems w
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ith other experimental research.
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d. a representative sample of a general population of adults is us
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ed. - ---answers
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b. children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied be
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fore signs of the disorder show up.
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A researcher who provides a certain treatment for one group and
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withholds treatment from a completely comparable group is usi
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ng the g research method.
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a. correlational
b. epidemiological
