Ohio University, Athens

PSY 3710

Week 6 Quiz

Week 6: Questions for Article on Evidence Based Practice

1)Evidence-based Practice (EBP) includes all of the following, EXCEPT:

1. 1. 1. Research findings
      2. Clinical expertise
      3. Client preference
      4. Legal standards

1. 2. T/F        EBP is a set of best practices or standards used to determine most effective treatment for a given client with a given disorder.

1. 3. T/F       There are consequences to professionals who do not follow EBP standards.

1. 4. The author’s survey suggests graduate training programs in psychology are doing best covering which of the three legs in the three-legged EBP stool?
      1. Clinical experience
      2. Patient preference
      3. Research evidence
      4. Legal standards

1. 5. All of the following are ways in which psychologists relate to research, EXCEPT:
      1. As researchers
      2. As consumers
      3. As judges
      4. As reviewers

0. 6. In short, the          of a form of therapy is how well it works “in the lab,” where it is practiced according to manualized methods.
1. outcome
2. efficacy
3. effectiveness
4. status

0. 7.           significance in an efficacy or effectiveness study refers to a numerically significant difference between two groups. It is measured quantitatively.
1. Statistical
2. Clinical
3. Theoretical
4. Control
   8.           variables are those variables in an experiment that are expected to change as a result of changes in the variable manipulated by the researcher.

1. Internal
2. External
3. Independent
4. Dependent

0. 9. In a(n)           design, participants in different conditions receive entirely different treatments.
1. quasi-experimental
2. analogue
3. between-group
4. within-group

0. 10. Reading a single review of a movie can be informative, but reading a synthesis of many reviews of the same movie can be much more informative about the effect the movie had across many individuals. This notion is analogous to the research strategy known as .
1. case studies
2. between-group designs
3. correlational methods
4. meta-analysis