PSYC 4030 Study Guide - Final Guide: Statistical Significance, Effect Size, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4030
• Professor: Sharon Armstrong

Document Summary

2 types of research that behaviour therapists utilise: Outcome research answers the basic question: does therapy work? . To evaluate the general effectiveness of a specific treatment for. To either evaluate the success of a specific treatment for a. Reversal studies: systematically introduce and withdrawl a therapy and examine what happens to the target behaviour in periods without therapy. Treatment target behaviour should change from baseline. Reversal -> to determine whether the therapy was influencing the. Conditions are reversed to baseline condition where target behaviour is only addressed. The 3 phases make up an aba study. A = 4th phase is added so that the client can continue to benefit from the therapy. Multiple baseline studies: evaluate the effects of a therapy on a particular class of variables, depending on the purpose of the study. ** reversal studies and multple baseline studies provide more information than case studies do about the casusal effects of therapy.