PSYC 382 Previous Exams Questions
With Correct Answers.
What are the 4 "D's" of defining abnormal Psychology?
Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction, Danger
What does it mean to conduct a double-blind experiment?
Neither subjects nor expirementers know what is being one to the subjects
In ancient times, people would conduct an operation in which a hole was cut into the skull as treatment
for abnormal behavior. What is this operation called?
Trephination
____ is the number of new cases of a disorder occuring in a population over a specific period of time
Incidence
____ is the total number of cases of a disorder occurring in a population over a specific period of time
Prevalence
Which of the following is most likely to be deviant?
Feeling uncontrollably anxious when your textbooks are out of order
, Which of the following affects a clinician's assessment of dangerousness of an action?
All of the above
Society relying too much on the role of mental illness in criminal behavior can lead to what?
Excusing illegal or abnormal behaviors because they are "illnesses" out of a person's control
What is NOT a primary type of research?
Interviews
How is validity defined?
The assessment measures what it is intended to measure
How is reliability defined?
In repeated measures it comes up with similar results
What is the purpose of a double blind study?
Prevents reporting and experimenter bias
Which of the following is true about case studies?
They have poor internal and external validity
What is a confound in the experimental research method?
With Correct Answers.
What are the 4 "D's" of defining abnormal Psychology?
Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction, Danger
What does it mean to conduct a double-blind experiment?
Neither subjects nor expirementers know what is being one to the subjects
In ancient times, people would conduct an operation in which a hole was cut into the skull as treatment
for abnormal behavior. What is this operation called?
Trephination
____ is the number of new cases of a disorder occuring in a population over a specific period of time
Incidence
____ is the total number of cases of a disorder occurring in a population over a specific period of time
Prevalence
Which of the following is most likely to be deviant?
Feeling uncontrollably anxious when your textbooks are out of order
, Which of the following affects a clinician's assessment of dangerousness of an action?
All of the above
Society relying too much on the role of mental illness in criminal behavior can lead to what?
Excusing illegal or abnormal behaviors because they are "illnesses" out of a person's control
What is NOT a primary type of research?
Interviews
How is validity defined?
The assessment measures what it is intended to measure
How is reliability defined?
In repeated measures it comes up with similar results
What is the purpose of a double blind study?
Prevents reporting and experimenter bias
Which of the following is true about case studies?
They have poor internal and external validity
What is a confound in the experimental research method?
