TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
A significant positive correlation is found between variables x
and y. Which of the following may be safely inferred?
a. x causes y
b. y causes x
c. as x increases, y increases
d. as x increases, y decreases - ---answers____c. as x
increases, y increases
Which of the following groups of Americans has the highest
rates of severe mental illness?
a. American Indian
b. Hispanic
c. Black
d. Asian - ---answers____a. American Indian
What does the notation p< .05 next to a correlation mean?
a. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by
chance is less than 95 out of 100
, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
b. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by
chance is less than 5 out of 100
c. The probability that a positive correlation will be found
purely by chance
d. The probability that a negative correlation will be found
purely by chance - ---answers____b. The probability that a
correlation would occur purely by chance is less than 5 out of
100
Which of the following terms is defined as the size of the
association between two variables independent of the sample
size?
a. Statistical significance
b. Clinical significance
c. Effect size
d. Association size - ---answers____c. Effect size
What is the term for the statistical approach that calculates
and then combines the effect sizes from multiple studies?
a. Meta-analysis
b. Effect analysis
c. Multiple-effect analysis
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QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
d. Correlational analysis - ---answers____a. Meta-analysis
Which research approach requires subjects to recall the
past?
a. Reconstructive
b. Repressed
c. Retroactive
d. Retrospective - ---answers____d. Retrospective
A researcher says, "These studies make it too easy for
investigators to find the background factors they expect to
find. However, they would be more valid if we found
documents like school reports that show the background
factor before the disorder emerges." What kind of research
strategy is the researcher referring to?
a. Prospective strategies
b. N=1 strategies
c. Retrospective strategies
d. Analogue studies - ---answers____c. Retrospective
strategies
What type of research design begins with the identification of
individuals who are likely to develop a particular disorder?
, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
a. Correlational
b. Experimental
c. Prospective
d. Retrospective - ---answers____c. Prospective
In most prospective studies, ________
a. large samples of individuals are interviewed to see if
there are any risk factors that differentiate those with the
disorder of interest.
b. children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied
before signs of the disorder show up.
c. analogue research is used because of the ethical
problems with other experimental research.
d. a representative sample of a general population of adults
is used. - ---answers____b. children who share a risk factor
for a disorder are studied before signs of the disorder show
up.
A researcher who provides a certain treatment for one group
and withholds treatment from a completely comparable group
is using the ________ research method.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
A significant positive correlation is found between variables x
and y. Which of the following may be safely inferred?
a. x causes y
b. y causes x
c. as x increases, y increases
d. as x increases, y decreases - ---answers____c. as x
increases, y increases
Which of the following groups of Americans has the highest
rates of severe mental illness?
a. American Indian
b. Hispanic
c. Black
d. Asian - ---answers____a. American Indian
What does the notation p< .05 next to a correlation mean?
a. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by
chance is less than 95 out of 100
, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
b. The probability that a correlation would occur purely by
chance is less than 5 out of 100
c. The probability that a positive correlation will be found
purely by chance
d. The probability that a negative correlation will be found
purely by chance - ---answers____b. The probability that a
correlation would occur purely by chance is less than 5 out of
100
Which of the following terms is defined as the size of the
association between two variables independent of the sample
size?
a. Statistical significance
b. Clinical significance
c. Effect size
d. Association size - ---answers____c. Effect size
What is the term for the statistical approach that calculates
and then combines the effect sizes from multiple studies?
a. Meta-analysis
b. Effect analysis
c. Multiple-effect analysis
, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
d. Correlational analysis - ---answers____a. Meta-analysis
Which research approach requires subjects to recall the
past?
a. Reconstructive
b. Repressed
c. Retroactive
d. Retrospective - ---answers____d. Retrospective
A researcher says, "These studies make it too easy for
investigators to find the background factors they expect to
find. However, they would be more valid if we found
documents like school reports that show the background
factor before the disorder emerges." What kind of research
strategy is the researcher referring to?
a. Prospective strategies
b. N=1 strategies
c. Retrospective strategies
d. Analogue studies - ---answers____c. Retrospective
strategies
What type of research design begins with the identification of
individuals who are likely to develop a particular disorder?
, TEST BANK ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Graded A+
a. Correlational
b. Experimental
c. Prospective
d. Retrospective - ---answers____c. Prospective
In most prospective studies, ________
a. large samples of individuals are interviewed to see if
there are any risk factors that differentiate those with the
disorder of interest.
b. children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied
before signs of the disorder show up.
c. analogue research is used because of the ethical
problems with other experimental research.
d. a representative sample of a general population of adults
is used. - ---answers____b. children who share a risk factor
for a disorder are studied before signs of the disorder show
up.
A researcher who provides a certain treatment for one group
and withholds treatment from a completely comparable group
is using the ________ research method.
