Which of the following statements is true regarding treatment for GAD?
a) Success rates are generally higher for GAD treatment than they are for other anxiety disorders.
b) Success rates are generally lower for GAD treatment than they are for other anxiety disorders.
c) Success rates are about the same for GAD treatment as they are for other anxiety disorders.
d) Success rates for GAD are more variable than they are for other anxiety disorders.
Question 2Which of the following would not be a factor when examining the chance of onset of an illness?
a) events in the person's life
b) age
c) education
d) form of the illness
Question 3What type of research enabled psychopathologists to discover that Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is more common in boys than in girls?
a) case study
b) epidemiological
c) experimental
d) correlational
Question 4The incentive-sensitization theory of substance dependence considers
a) cravings for the substance and the pleasure that comes with taking the substance.
b) the extremes a person will go to obtain the substance.
c) the age of a person when they first use the substance.
d) how much a person likes the substance.
Question 5What is the basis for determining whether a statistical result is significant?
a) likely level of external validity
b) practical importance of the research findings
c) probability that the results are due to chance
d) judgment of the appropriateness of the statistical tests used
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