PSY-303 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Apperception, Operant Conditioning, Dyskinesia
Document Summary
5 matching questions (2 points each = 10 points) 40 multiple-choice questions (1 point each = 40 points) 3 fill-in-theblank questions (2 points each = 6 points) and three short answer questions (19 points). Chapter 1: definition of abnormal behavior and clinical research methods. 6 criteria for determining abnormality: unusualness, social deviance, faulty perceptions of reality, distress, maladaptive behavior, dangerousness. Epidemiology: prevalence versus incidence; rates of abnormal behavior and treatment: prevalence: number of people in total population with disorder. Poor conditions, chained to beds: reform movement/moral therapy: humane treatment could restore functioning. Informed consent, debriefing, deception, right to withdraw, confiedentiality, protection of participants. Irb: respect for persons/autonomy, justice, fair selection, informed consent, confidentiality. Clinical research methods: correlational method; experimental method and placebo: correlational method: examine relationship between two or more variables. Does x predict y: correlation coefficient: used to quantify relationship between two variables.
