PS 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Functional Analysis, Dsm-5, Inter-Rater Reliability

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PS 372
• Professor: Leisring

Document Summary

Problem of directionality: child behavior problems and marital distress are correlated but the correlation does not tell us what is causing what. There (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e a third (cid:448)aria(cid:271)le that"s (cid:272)ausi(cid:374)g (cid:271)oth (ie. maternal depression) Moderating and mediating variables: moderating variables influence the direction or strength of the relationship between two variables of interest. Have an independent effect on the existing relationship between the two variables. Relationship between stress and behavior problems: may be changed by level of income. Nothing effects this: mediator variables impact the process, mechanism, or means through which a variable produces and particular outcome. Account for some or all of the apparent relationship between two variables. First, leads to next, leads to third. Mediator explains the relationship: mother"s (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e (cid:373)ood/stress parenting style child behavior. Ra(cid:374)do(cid:373)ized (cid:862)true(cid:863) e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts: participants are randomly assigned to different conditions/ groups, manipulations of independent variables, outcomes measured and compared across groups, best for inferring causality, control groups, placebos, double-blind studies.