Tests
Experimental Methodologies and Designs
Name That Disorder
Terms and Definitions
More Disorders
100
Patients are shown several pictures of inkblots and have to describe what they think it is or what it reminds them of
What is the Rorschach Inkblot Test
100
a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time.
What is case study
100
Symptoms: Recurrent obsessions or compulsions that the patient recognizes are excessive or unreasonable; Significant distress or imapirment, or disruption by symptoms for more than one hour a day
What is OCD
100
The simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases or conditions in a patient.
What is comorbidity
100
A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania
What is bipolar disorder
200
Patients see several vague pictures and have to make up a story
What is Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
200
A collection of research designs which use manipulation and controlled testing to understand causal processes. Generally, one or more variables are manipulated to determine their effect on a dependent variable.
What is the experimental method
200
Excessive worry or ongoing anxiety for at least 6 months, difficulty controlling the worry, restlessness, irritability, muscle tension, and significant distress or impairment are symptoms of...
What is generalized anxiety disorder
200
False perceptions in the absence of relevant sensory stimuli, such as hearing voices or seeing objects which are not present
What are hallucinations
200
An eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by measures to purge the body of the excess calories
What is bulimia nervosa
300
Patients must answer over 500 T/F questions to assess personality traits and psychopathology.
What is the The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
300
This method involves looking at relationships between two or more variables.
What is the correlational method
300
Marked and persistent fear of a situation or object that is excessive, lasting more then 6 months, immediate anxiety produced to exposure, recognition that the fear is excessive and unreasonable, avoidance of the feared situation, and significant distress or impairment are general symptoms of...
What is social phobia or specific phobia
300
Psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation
What is a phobia
300
An anxiety disorder in which sufferers experience unexpected, severe panic attacks that begin with a feeling of intense apprehension, fear, or terror
What is panic disorder
400
An achievement test which measures an individual's ability to read words, comprehend sentences, spell, and compute solutions to math problems
What is the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)
400
An empirical study in which individuals (or clusters of individuals) are exposed to the experimental and control conditions are determined by nature or by other factors outside the control of the investigators
What is a natural experiment
400
This disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality identities. Each may have a unique name, personal history, and characteristics.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
400
Obsolete psychodynamic term for psychological disorder thought to result from unconscious conflicts and the anxiety they cause
What is neurosis
400
Severe form of psychopathology characterized by the breakdown of integrated personality functioning, withdrawal from reality, emotional distortions, and disturbed thought processes.
What is schizophrenia or schizophrenic disorder
500
A 21-question multiple-choice self-report inventory, one of the most widely used psychometric tests for measuring the severity of depression.
What is the Beck Depression Inventory
500
A type of experiment that attempts to replicate or simulate, under controlled conditions, a situation that occurs in real life.
What is analogue experiment
500
Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, and anxiety following a traumatizing event or experience
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
500
A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
What is psychosis
500
A sleep disorder of the upper respiratory system that causes the person to stop breathing while asleep. Social catego
What is sleep apnea
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