Research In Applied Psychology

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1.

What is the goal of applied research?
- A.
  
  Focus on human behavior as an end in itself
- B.
  
  Focus on treatments and investigating them use experimental design and other methods as well
- C.
  
  Focus on interventions or investigating questions that have direct implications for interventions using a lot of research methods and experimental design
- D.
  
  Focus on examining what the APA goes and how they effective things are as the MMPI
2.

Which of the following is not a different type of research design?
- A.
  
  Experimental
- B.
  
  Questionnaires
- C.
  
  Analogue
- D.
  
  Psychotherapy process vs. outcome
- E.
  
  Qualitative vs. quantitative
3.

What is generalizability?
- A.
  
  Asks if the stress level of the groups differ after the intervention
- B.
  
  Asks how general one intervention affects a person
- C.
  
  Asks how well will the intervention work in other setting
- D.
  
  All of the above
4.

In psychotherapy research, a good control group does NOT have to be
- A.
  
  Untreated
- B.
  
  Randomly assigned
- C.
  
  Matched to the treatment group on important variables
- D.
  
  Randomly assigned
5.

A behaviorist would most likely use which method of measuring behavior?
- A.
  
  Count specific behaviors in specific situations
- B.
  
  An objective test to measure the trait
- C.
  
  An MMPI
- D.
  
  Have the client recall and list the instances of the behavior
6.

In order to measure how effective a therapy is you could do all of the following EXCEPT....
- A.
  
  Measure the pretreatment status of the client
- B.
  
  Establish a control group that doesn't receive the therapy
- C.
  
  Decide how you will measure any changes
- D.
  
  Give all of your subjects all of the different therapies
7.

In psychotherapy research, symptom removal is
- A.
  
  A relatively clear cut and easy to measure
- B.
  
  Totally unimportant to most therapies
- C.
  
  Focused on by behaviorists
- D.
  
  The best measure of change
8.

Which of following is NOT a therapeutic change, according to some theory of therapy?
- A.
  
  Gaining increased knowledge about school subjects
- B.
  
  Thinking more rationally
- C.
  
  Stopping drinking
- D.
  
  Increasing self-acceptance
- E.
  
  Restructuring personality
9.

The kinds of experiences therapists and clients have in therapy do not provide a scientifically reliable basis for knowledge. Which of the following is NOT a reason why?
- A.
  
  Seeing is not necessarily knowing
- B.
  
  We generalize from our particular vivid experiences to everyone
- C.
  
  Most clients are not in therapy long enough for a reliable assessment
- D.
  
  We humans have a tendency to place more confidence in a highly vivid experience than is warranted
10.

Claiming success for therapy is always difficult because
- A.
  
  Improvement cannot be accurately measured
- B.
  
  There may be alternate reasons for any improvement
- C.
  
  The long term effects haven't been measured
- D.
  
  Psychologists themselves are making the claims
11.

The role of a "placebo" in psychotherapy research is
- A.
  
  As a curative factor
- B.
  
  As a control group
- C.
  
  Unnecessary
- D.
  
  As part of drug treatment
12.

All of the following are difficulties faced by researchers into the effectiveness of psychotherapy, EXCEPT
- A.
  
  Agreeing on a measure of improvement
- B.
  
  Agreeing on a definition of improvement
- C.
  
  Refuting previous negative evidence
- D.
  
  Implementing a good experimental design