Psyc3102 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does the DSM provide to make diagnosis of and reference to mental disorders easier? Statistics relating to the disorder . What does DSM stand for? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Gina craves chalk and eats it every day. She is diagnosed with pica, which is a type of which disorder. Feeding and eating A constellation is which of the following? A group of symptoms Which of these is a misnaming of a section in the DSM? Sociopathic Disorder...

Explain what an omnibus test is, and list the effects in a 2-way ANOVA that can be categorized as omnibus tests Any test resulting from the preliminary partitioning of variance in ANOVA Three effects: main effect IV1, main effect IV2 and interaction effect Identify the circumstances in which follow-up tests are required in 2-way factorial ANOVA If there is a difference between the means When following up main effects in a 2-way ANOVA: 1) Identify the research question (and hypo...

Social exchange theory - Attempts to explain all types of relationships, from ones with your friends and parents to ones with romantic partner - Argues that relationships are based on exchange of resources, with added costs and benefits to each relationship Equity theory - Homans (1961) wrote: The open secret of human exchange is to give the other man behavior that is more valuable to him than it is costly to you and to get from him behavior that is more valuable to you than it is cost...

Aim Investigate the effectiveness of fluoxetine, CBT, a combination of both and a placebo condition on the treatment of depression in adolescents Method · Randomised controlled trial on 439 adolescent patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder at 13 clinics across the USA · The trial focused specifically on comparisons between an SSRI and CBT in the treatment of adolescent depression. · The study had four treatment conditions, to which the participants were assigned randomly...

The Scientist-Practitioner Approach Models used to explain: - origins of abnormal behaviour - how to treat it - how to prevent it Models are representations of the real world. Research test hypotheses derived from models Models of Psychopathology 1) Biological (physiological, neurochemical factors) 2) Psychodynamic (internal unconscious factors) 3) Humanistic/Existential (internal conscious factors) 4) Behavioural (interaction of social and psychological factors) 5) C...