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abnormal psychology |
the study of the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders |
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epidemiology |
study of the frequency and distribution of diseases, disorders, or health behaviors within a population |
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incidence |
proportion of NEW cases of a disorder that occur in a population over a given period of time |
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comorbidity |
presence of more than one condition within the same time period |
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differential diagnosis |
the process of differentiating between two or more conditions that share similar signs or symptoms |
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etiology |
the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition."a disease of unknown etiology" |
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generalizability |
degree to which the results of a study based on a sample can be said to represent the results that would be obtained from the entire population from which the sample was drawn (type of external validity) |
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external validity |
extent to which the conclusions from your research study can be generalized to the people outside of your study. There are three types of generalization: population, environmental, and temporal (ex is generalizability) |
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internal validity |
addresses the relationship between two variables. It refers to the extent that a study can rule out or make unlikely alternate explanations of the result (methodologically sound) |
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criterion group |
a group examined for characteristics that others belonging to the group are already recognized as having, generally with the intent of assuring a test is legitimate |
