University of California, San Diego PSYC 124 Chapter 3 1)Which of the following occurs at the initial baseline stage in an ABA design? 2

University of California, San Diego

PSYC 124

Chapter 3

1)Which of the following occurs at the initial baseline stage in an ABA design?

2.            Aetiology is a term:

3.            Analogue research involves:

a.            Undertaking research on healthy, non-clinical population

b.            Undertaking research to determine the efficacy of treatments and interventions

c.             Undertaking research to compare the effectiveness of two different types of treatment

d.            Undertaking research on clinical population

4.            Animal models allow research into which of the following?

a.            Experimental investigation into factors such as the genetics of a psychopathology

b.            Changes in brain biochemistry associated with specific psychopathologies

c.             The effects of drugs on psychopathology

d.            All of the above

5.            An applied scientist is:

6.            A hypothesis is:

7.            Which of the following is an acronym for NICE?

8.            Prediction refers to:

9.            SPSS is an acronym of the following?

10.          Which of the following statements is true of the notion of statistical significance?

a.            The degree to which a result was sufficiently unlikely to have occurred by chance

b.            The degree to which it may have attributed to systematic manipulations

c.             The degree is typically specified and denoted as a probability

d.            All of the above

11.          If something is testable, it involves which of the following?

12.          Prevalence rates can be assessed by which of the following questions?

a.            Have you ever experienced symptoms of a specific psychopathology in your life time?

b.            Have you ever experienced symptoms of a specific psychopathology in the last month?

c.             Have you ever experienced symptoms of a specific psychopathology at the present time?

d.            All of the above

13.          To avoid experimenter bias, when the experimenter nor the participant is aware of which group the participant is in, this is known as:

14.          Natural experiments involve:

15.          A case study can be used in which of the following circumstances?

a.            When there are only a few instances of a particular psychopathology available for study

b.            Providing new insights into existing psychopathologies

c.             Providing detailed information that may disprove existing theories

d.            All of the above

16.          Which of the following describes a meta-analysis?

17.          In an experiment an effect size is:

18.          Quantitative methods enable one to:

19.          Qualitative methods involved which of the following:

20.          Grounded theory is an approach to qualitative analysis. It involves which of the following:

21.          During experimentation informed consent should include which of the following:

a.            Details of the purpose of the experiment

b.            A description of the procedures the participant will encounter

c.             The duration of the study

d.            All of the above

22.          Those with more complex psychopathologies are likely to be excluded from treatment outcome studies and so denied access to the treatment programme associated with the study. This is referred to as:

23.          In psychological research, the term privacy refers to which of the following options:

24.          Which of the following would occur in a longitudinal study: