What is the distinction between a drug's "clinical efficacy" and its "potency"?
What will be an ideal response?
Clinical efficacy refers to the degree to which a drug induces clinical benefits, e.g., the proportion of patients responding, the degree of response, the time it takes to respond, etc. Potency refers to the relative degree to which a drug produces a specific type of effect and the magnitude of the effect. The lower the dose necessary to produce that effect or magnitude of effect, the more potent the drug. (For example, clozapine [Clozaril] is considerably less potent than haloperidol [Haldol], because it requires considerably higher doses to control the symptoms of schizophrenia, but it has a greater clinical efficacy because it is more effective in reducing some of the core symptoms of the disease, is effective in a higher percentage of schizophrenic patients, and induces fewer of the types of side effects that lead to noncompliance with treatment.)
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A. teaching them coping skills B. analyzing their dreams C. injecting them with neuroleptic drugs D. drawing large amounts of blood over a period of time from patients
The probability that the researcher will conclude there is a relationship when in fact there is one is referred to as statistical _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The paintings of your favorite artist depict his subjective impressions rather than the exact external objects. This may be due to this artist's brain allowing him to experience sounds as colors and shapes so that he literally paints what he "sees," which illustrates the rare form of imagery known as
a. lateral perspective. b. sane hallucinations. c. synaesthesia. d. eidetic imagery.
Patty doesn't want to hang around with people from the other side of town because she says they are "weird." Patty's behavior best reflects the concept involved in:
a. ethnocentrism b. self-efficacy c. normative age-graded influences d. normative history-graded influences