Abnormal Child Psych Quiz 2 (ch3-4)

22. ____ research focuses on a specific research question under conditions that only resemble or approximate the situation to which the researcher wishes to generalize.

Analogue

2. ____ approaches to treatment view child psychopathology as the result of faulty thought patterns and faulty learning and environmental experiences.

Cognitive behavioral

11. To record electrical activity of the brain, one would want to use a(n) ____.

EEG (electroencephalogram)

28. ____ use radio signals generated in a strong magnetic field.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

30. Which condition is equally common among males and females?

OCD

29. Recall bias and distortion are potential limitations of ____ studies.

Retrospective designs

1. A child's ____ has the most implications for judgments about deviancy and for selecting appropriate assessment and treatment methods.

age

25. Participation in research is done through direct informed consent except when the participants are ____.

children. Then parents give informed consent and the child gives assent.

24. The "C" in the "ABCs of behavioral assessment" stands for ____.

consequences

19. ____ validity refers to the degree of correlation between measures that are expected to be related to one another.

convergent

31. In ____ research, different individuals at different ages or stages of development are studied at the same point in time.

cross-sectional

9. ____ validity refers to the degree of correlation between measures that are not expected to be related to one another

discriminant

6. More than 70% of practicing clinicians identify their therapeutic approach as ____.

eclectic

8. To know if a treatment would truly be useful in community settings, researchers should focus on treatment ____.

effectiveness

23. Research demonstrates that, with respect to aggression, girls ____.

engage in more relational forms of aggression such as gossip

4. The degree to which findings can be generalized to children, settings, times, measures, and characteristics other than the one in a particular study is referred to as ____.

external validity

5. Which behavior would be characteristic of someone with issues on the internalizing behavior dimension?

feeling sad all of the time

3. In research terms, research questions about behavior that follow from a theory are called ____.

hypotheses

14. ____ refers to efforts to increase adherence with treatment over time to prevent reoccurrence.

maintenance

10. Factors that influence the direction or strength of a relationship of variables of interest are called ____.

moderator variables

12. Research procedures that may harm a child physically or psychologically should ____.

never be used

26. Gathering information about a child's behavior for analysis involves ____.

observing the child in real-life settings

20. Qualitative data are typically collected by ____.

open-ended interviewing and observations

17. A correlation score of +0.75 between two variables such as symptoms of anxiety and symptoms of depression indicates what kind of relationship between these variables?

positive correlation

7. ____ means generating predictions concerning future behavior under specified conditions

prognosis

15. ____ increases the chance that characteristics other than the independent variable will be equally distributed across treatment groups.

random assignment

18. Factors such as SES, child's age, and cultural background affect the _____ of symptoms and disorders.

rate and expression

32. A variable that precedes an outcome of interest and increases the chances that the negative outcome will occur is a(n) ____.

risk factor

27. A ____ assessment measure allows for the scores of one child to be compared to the scores of other similar children.

standardized

21. Because there is no one correct approach to research, most problems in abnormal child psychology are best studied by ____.

using multiple strategies and multiple methods

16. An assessment tool that actually measures the construct it is intended to measure can be considered ____.

valid

13. Minimum ethical standards for practice include:

•AACAP and APA ethical code provide minimum ethical standards -Select treatment goals and procedures that are in the best interest of the client -Ensure participation is active and voluntary -Keep records to document treatment effectiveness -Protect confidentiality -Ensure therapist's qualifications and competencies