The Stein and Wemmerus study of families with a schizophrenic member is an example of what research method?
a. participant observation
b. focus groups
c. qualitative interviewing
d. case studies
c
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What do psychologists mean when they say that an autistic individual lacks a theory of mind?
a. The individual's brain is so damaged there is no mind there. b. These individuals fail to appreciate that other people have a point of reference that differs from their own. c. The disorder is so devastating that there is no chance of recovery, and it affects the mental health of other family members. d. The inability to bond to caretakers has left these individuals in an existential vacuum, without a way of explaining the complexity that surrounds them.
What is a major difference between behavior therapists and psychoanalysts? a. Behavior therapists try to change behavior without interpreting hidden meanings. b. Behavior therapists try to understand the physiological basis of behavior
c. Behavior therapists deal with the behavior of a family more than any individual. d. Behavior therapists encourage clients to interpret the meanings of their behavior.
When a researcher asks the question, "Have subjects been pre-selected so as to represent the extremes on the variable of interest?" she is concerned with which one of the following potential threats to internal validity?
a. testing effect b. maturation c. subject selection d. regression effect
The LD1 is the
a. dose of a drug that will kill 99% of experimental subjects. b. dose of a drug that will kill 1% of experimental subjects. c. dose of a drug that will be effective in 99% of experimental subjects. d. dose of a drug that will be effective in 1% of experimental subjects. e. dose of a drug that will lower diagnostic rates of a particular condition by 1%.