An epidemiologist is conducting research on patients with the diagnosis
of schizophrenia. The research is designed to determine what problems occur
at elevated rates among people with this diagnosis.
When the data are analyzed, what will they show occurs at higher rates among people with schizophrenia compared to the general population?
a) anorexia
b) suicide attempts
c) mental retardation
d) loss of immunological functioning
b
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What do mnemonic devices help people do?
a. Memorize a list b. Recover from brain damage c. Develop creative ideas d. Communicate with people who are deaf
The data from ______ designs are analyzed the same way as they are for within-subjects designs.
A. post hoc B. matched C. pretest-posttest D. related/paired samples t test
Including a(n) ____ in the research design allows a researcher to look more closely at the effects of ______
a. control group / outside factors b. experimental group / outside factors c. control group / training program d. experimental group / training program
A person can show extreme distress, such as grief at the death of a loved one, without having psychopathology, while a person with mania, who feels "on top of the world," does have a mental disorder. This illustrates the difficulties with classifying behavior as abnormal using the criterion of
a. subjective discomfort. b. legal insanity. c. social nonconformity. d. neurosis.