Choose the Correct Option from the Following Abnormal Psychology Flashcards

Chapter 4

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“The primary problem is an unconscious anger toward his mother.” What makes this statement unscientific? a. It is not reliable. b. It does not make sense. c. It is not theoretical. d. It is not testable.
D. It is not testable.
A theory a. is derived from hypotheses. b. is the result of long deliberation by a scientist. c. attempts to explain a class of phenomena. d. All of the above are correct.
D. All of the above are correct.
A good theory should a. be capable of being proven wrong. b. make sense of obscure phenomena. c. develop directly out of observations. d. explain cause-effect relationships.
D. explain cause-effect relationships.
Which of the following are generated by theories? a. case material b. hypotheses c. statistical significance d. None of the above are correct.
B. hypotheses
Dr. Lee has been treating someone with an unusual combination of symptoms. He notes that there is no published research on such a combination of symptoms, and considers developing a case study. How would Dr. Lee conduct this study? a. Try to find other cases like the one he is treating. b. Gather detailed historical and biographical information on this single individual. c. Examine treatment response using an ABAB design. d. Withhold treatment in an effort to fully understand the significance of symptoms.
B. Gather detailed historical and biographical information on this single individual.
Which research method would be most useful in generating hypotheses about the cause of a newly discovered, rare form of abnormality? a. case study b. correlational method c. experimental design d. single-subject ABAB design

a. case study
Case studies can be effective for which of the following purposes? a. Confirming theoretical propositions. b. Generating research hypotheses. c. Demonstrating universal relationships. d. Showing cause-effect relationships.
B. Generating research hypotheses.
A theorist proposed that anorexia was caused by early childhood sexual abuse. Dr. Firestorm demonstrated that her anorexic patient had never been sexually abused. This is an example of one important use of which method? a. case study b. epidemiological c. correlational d. experimental

a. case study
11. Case studies are not useful in a. providing the means for ruling out alternative hypotheses. b. providing a rich description of clinical phenomena. c. disproving an allegedly universal hypothesis. d. generating hypotheses.
A. providing the means for ruling out alternative hypotheses.
Which of the following are valid criticisms of the case study method? a. It does not provide the means for ruling out alternative hypotheses. b. It is unable to provide satisfactory evidence for cause-effect relationships. c. The results of a case study are influenced by many factors unique to the subject and the context of the case study. d. All of the above choices are correct.
D. All of the above choices are correct.
The case, The Three Faces of Eve, was controversial because a. some challenged the existence of multiple personalities. b. the individual in the case offered a different account of her treatment than her doctors. c. it ultimately did not offer much information on multiple personality. d. the case study challenged conventional wisdom on multiple personality.
B. the individual in the case offered a different account of her treatment than her doctors.
In order to study phenomena and be able to draw broad conclusions, the design with the lowest value in accomplishing this goal is the a. case study method. b. correlational method. c. experimental method. d. longitudinal design.
A. case study method.
Dr. Bradley has been conducting a case study of Brenda P., a woman with dissociative identity disorder. Which of the following statements by Dr. Bradley is a misuse of the case study method? a. "Brenda, a woman with dissociative identity disorder, was sexually abused as a child. Therefore, all individuals with multiple personality disorder must have been abuse victims." b. "Since Brenda was not sexually abused, the theory that all dissociation is caused by sexual abuse may not be universally true." c. "Brenda was sexually molested as a child. This leads me to hypothesize that perhaps other individuals with dissociative identity disorder were molested as children." d. All of the above are examples of inappropriate uses of the case study.
A. "Brenda, a woman with dissociative identity disorder, was sexually abused as a child. Therefore, all individuals with multiple personality disorder must have been abuse victims."
Which of the following research methods are best used for only hypothesis generating? a. case study b. epidemiology c. correlational study d. experiment
A. case study
Professor Merrick wishes to study the percentage of men from various social classes who drop out of school. Which of the following methods would be most useful? a. experiment b. case studies c. epidemiological research d. mixed designs
C. epidemiological research