Psychology PSY206 Chapter 4: PSY206 - Abnormal Psychology - Chapter Four
20 Oct 2016
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Chapter 4: research methodology in the study of psychopathology. Family method: ex; if your father has a disease and you get it, Collection of historical and biological info of a single individual: often includes experiences in therapy research methods used on pg 104. Establishes whether there is relationship between or among two or more variables. Never determines cause in terms of relationships because of two major problems: third variable problem (confound: divectimality, see pg 109~110 for details, you can"t figure out why x causes y or vice versa. Ex; the number of churches increase, the number of crimes increase. Of course not, there"s a third variable; the population: examples of correlational research. Exact opposite of the case study (one individual, one subject, one everything) while it"s about the frequency of a disorder in an entire population: ex; more boys are diagnosed with adhd than girls. Prevalence - w/ the disorder during or currently their lifetime.
