PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mental Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Statistical Significance

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3604
• Professor: Dr. Angela Dionisi

Document Summary

Well done qualitative research can illuminate important phenomena that seem to reflect issues and. Chapter 4 - research methods in the study of abnormal behaviour. Operationism: an earlier school of thought that proposed that each concept take as its meaning a single observable and measurable operation. Om twos way, the theoretical concept would be nothing more than one particular measurable thought. Case study: prepared by clinicians by collecting historical and biographical information on a single individual , often including experiences during therapy sessions. It can include: family history and background, medical history, educational background, jobs held, marital history, and details concerning development, adjustment, personality, life course, and current situation. The important role of clinician is determining the information to include. Case study- generating hypothesis: through exposure to the life histories of a great number of clients, clinicians gain experience in understanding and interpreting them.