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36 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal Paychology |
Concerned with understanding the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders |
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Family aggregation |
Disorder that runs in the family |
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Traits of abnormality |
Suffering Maladaptiveness Statistical Deviancy Violation of standards of society Social discomfort Irrationality and unpredictability Dangerousness |
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Nomenclature |
Naming system that enables us to structure information in a more helpful manner |
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Epidemiology |
Study of distribution of diseases, disorders, or health related behaviors in a given population |
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Epidemiology |
Study of distribution of diseases, disorders, or health related behaviors in a given population |
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Prevalence |
Number of active cases in a population during any given time |
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Point prevalence |
Refers to the estimated proportion of actual, active cases of he disorder in a given population at a given point in time |
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Incidence |
Number of new cases hat occur over a given time(usually a year) |
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Comorbidity |
Two or more disorders |
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Acute |
Short in duration |
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Acute |
Short in duration |
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Chrinic |
Long in duration |
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Acute |
Short in duration |
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Chrinic |
Long in duration |
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Etiolog |
Causes of disorders |
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Acute |
Short in duration |
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Chrinic |
Long in duration |
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Etiolog |
Causes of disorders |
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Control group(comparison group) |
People with no disorder to compare to then group with disorders |
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Acute |
Short in duration |
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Chrinic |
Long in duration |
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Etiolog |
Causes of disorders |
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Control group(comparison group) |
People with no disorder to compare to then group with disorders |
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Criterion group |
People with disorder |
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Correlation design |
Comparing groups with no manipulation of variables |
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Effect Size |
Reflects the size of the association between two variables independent of the sample size |
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Meta analysis |
Combines the effect sizes from all studies |
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Third variable problem |
Causes a correlation |
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Retrospective research |
Looking back at an individual's history to figure out what went wrong |
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Retrospective research |
Looking back at an individual's history to figure out what went wrong |
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Prospective research |
Looking ahead in time to focus research attention on individual before a disorder develops |
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Standard treatment comparison study |
Control is standard treatment while experimental group is new treatment; nobody in this design is left without treatment |
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Single case research design |
Same individual studied over time. Behavior at one point compared to behavior at another point |
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ABAB design |
A- baseline, collect data on or from the participant B- introduce treatment Repeat |
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Analogue studies |
Generalizing results from animal studies to humans |
