Psychology as a Science
What is the dependent variable?
True or False? Chronic headache can be treated with an EST.
True
What is APA style?
The group that receives no treatment
What is a control group?
a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method
What is pseudoscience?
This is a feature of a hypothesis that means it can be proven wrong
What is being falsifiable?
The type of study that is at the top of the pyramid of evidence
Meta-analyses
The section of a review paper that presents the thesis statement
What is the Introduction?
RCTs have a high validity of this type (internal or external)?
Internal
Our finding from Lab 1 for our hypothesis test of whether psychology or non-psychology majors would be more likely to recommend the scientific self-help books
What is the hypothesis was supported (mean book rec scores of psych majors were significantly higher than the scores of non-psych majors)
This is the type of clinical psychology degree acquired from programs using a practitioner-scholar model, heavily emphasizing clinical work over research.
What is a PsyD?
Meaning of the "well established treatments" category of interventions as defined by the APA
A type of journal article that presents a hypothesis along with data that will either support or challenge it
What is an experimental article?
A method of assigning participants to groups in an RCT that eliminates the possibility of a systematic difference or bias between the groups due to factors other than the intervention
What is randomization?
What is the independent samples t-test?
This is a measure of the magnitude/size of a difference between groups or the relationship between variables in a study
What is effect size?
This abstract comes from this type of study:
The aim of present paper is to highlight the significance of relaxation therapy for the reduction of anxiety related symptoms. This paper is based on a girl who was suffering from fatigue and pain hampering her occupational and social life to certain level. Her problem remained unresolved through previous treatment. In psychological clinic psychological interventions of relaxation therapy were applied which included deep breath, instant vacation, ideal relaxation, visualization etc. IPAT Anxiety and IPAT Depression scale were administered before the start of therapy. Detailed history and psycho diagnostic report indicated that client could be diagnosed as having Anxiety Disorder NOS category according to the criteria of DSM-IV-TR. Subsequent to application of different techniques of relaxation therapy client also learned to do it herself at home. After twelve sessions both scales of anxiety and depression were administered again. Results showed drastic decrease in the level of anxiety and depression. Hence as reported by patient there was also reduction in muscle tension, pain, sleep disturbances and her occupational and social functioning were also restored
This is a bias in the published literature where positive findings are more likely than negative findings to be published
What is the file drawer phenomenon/ the file drawer problem?
A way of reducing bias in an RCT where both the patient and the provider do not know which condition they are in
What is double blind?
This is MY research area
What is Couples/intimate relationships?
(also accept implementation/dissemination science or EBPs)
This is a clinical psychology training model with a philosophy that psychologists should be knowledgeable in both research and clinical practice
What is scientist-practitioner?
These are 2 prominent criticisms of ESTs
What is..
1. Patients are too heterogeneous
2. Therapy is too individualized
3. Goals may differ by person
4. Therapists should have ability to decide what is best for their patients
These are functions that enhance a search of a database, such as "AND", "OR", and "NOT"
What are Boolean Operators?
The two features of an RCT that can establish causality
Control group and randomization
The state I am from