PSY 338 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Naturalistic Observation, Clinical Trial, Indep
15 Oct 2018
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Claim need to be backed up by data from well-designed studies. Folklore and fad treatments unintentionally play to vulnerabilities of parents of children w/ problems, parents who desperately want best for their children. Pseudoscience demonstrations of benefit based on anecdotes/testimonials, child"s baseline abilities and possibility of spontaneous improvement ignored and related scientific procedures disavowed. Hyp sample to be studied developing rsrch design and procedures. Nature and distrib of childhood disorders: how disorders defined, diagnosed, expressed at diff ages and diff settings. Addressed thru epidemiological rsrch (study of incidence, prevalence, co-occurrence of childhood disorders and competencies in clinic-referred and community samples) Incidence extent to which new cases appear over specified period. Prevalence all cases observed during specified time: rate and expression of childhood sympt and disorders vary in realtion to demographic and situational factores (i. e. ses) Moderating and mediating variables: moderator infl direction/strength of relat of var of interest.
