COUC546 Quiz 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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COUC546 Quiz 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Describe three ways in which DSM-5 considers the role of culture in mental health -
CORRECT ANSWER- Culture related issues are describes for most of the specific disorders;
a cultural formulation interview is provided; an appendix desc...
COUC546 Quiz 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Describe three ways in which DSM-5 considers the role of culture in mental health -
CORRECT ANSWER- Culture related issues are describes for most of the specific disorders;
a cultural formulation interview is provided; an appendix describes cultural concepts of
distress, culturally specific ways of expressing distress, and cultural explanations of
symptoms.
List three reasons why some think the DSM should combine diagnoses. - CORRECT
ANSWER- High comorbidity; many different diagnoses are related to the same causes;
symptoms of many different diagnoses respond to the same treatments
What are three broad types of characteristics that a valid diagnosis should help predict? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Any of the following: etiology, course, social functioning, or
treatment.
What are the chief ways in which the HiTOP model and the RDoC system differ from each
other? - CORRECT ANSWER- HiTOP focuses on overlap in symptoms and syndromes,
whereas RDoC focuses on risk variables.
__________________ categorization systems provide a way to describe subthreshold
symptoms as well as symptoms that are particularly severe. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Dimensional
What is an RCT? - CORRECT ANSWER- An RCT is a randomized controlled trial - a form
of treatment outcome study in which the active treatment is compared to at least one
comparison condition (controlled) and people are assigned to treatments randomly.
Describe the major pro and major con of placebo-controlled designs - CORRECT ANSWER-
Pro: Placebos allow for a control of the effects of treatment expectations, and research
suggests that the placebo effect can be large
Con: Placebo trials involve withholding active treatment from people who may have serious
symptoms and distress, which is an ethical concern
, Why are treatment manuals recommended in psychological outcome research? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Treatment manuals provide specific guidance to therapists, so that researchers can
be more confident that therapists are providing the same type of intervention
True or false? Very little research is available on whether empirically supported treatments
work well for minority individuals. - CORRECT ANSWER- False: Hundreds of trials have
been conducted to test empirically supported treatments with minority individuals and those
from differing ethnic and racial backgrounds
A researcher decides to use an analogue experiment to study the effects of 1 hour of social
separation on anxiety. What are the pros and cons of this type of analogue experiment as
compared to a correlational study of the effects of maternal loss? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Pro: The analogue study has the advantage of experimental manipulation, which provides
internal validity.
Con: Brief periods of social separation may not invoke even minor temporary symptoms that
are similar to those from losing one's mother, and so external validity may be limited.
In a recent project to examine replicability in psychological science, researchers had success
with only ____% of psychological studies they attempted to replicate. - CORRECT
ANSWER- 39
Describe approaches recommended to improve replicability. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Preregistering study hypotheses, measures, and analyses before the study begins; making data
available; placing more emphasis on the importance of hypotheses and the quality of study
methods than on the results of a study when reviewing a manuscript to consider potential
publication; using larger samples; routinely considering whether a finding has been
replicated.
The step in meta-analysis that has received extensive criticism is: - CORRECT ANSWER-
Determining which studies should be included
True or False? Both anxiety and fear play a significant role in anxiety disorders. - CORRECT
ANSWER-
True or False? Fear often involves moderate arousal, and anxiety involves higher arousal. -
CORRECT ANSWER-
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