Whereas efficacy research focuses on ________, effectiveness research targets _________.
A) causal relationships; success rates.
B) cost-benefit ratio; causal relationships
C) causal relationships; cost-benefit ratios
D) success rates; causal relationships
Question 2Mario has just returned from his third deployment to Iraq. For several months after returning, he is unable to sleep and has difficulty dealing with flashbacks of mortar fire over the compound in which he worked.
Using a biopsychosocial model, we might explain his problems as deriving from
A) the stress of deployment alone.
B) a diathesis, as well as the stress of deployment.
C) a lack of social support.
D) a failure in coping alone.
Question 3Conversion disorders and neurological problems may be discriminated from each other on the basis of
A) neurological patterns.
B) patient complaints.
C) duration of symptoms.
D) severity of symptoms.
Question 4The case in your text of Ginny, the nurse who is bothered by insects, illustrates
A) a specific phobia.
B) the importance of confronting one's fears.
C) the extent to which social support mediates fear.
D) a classic case of agoraphobia.
Question 5In the use of randomized controlled designs, as internal validity increases,
A) external validity increases.
B) external validity decreases.
C) efficacy decreases.
D) effectiveness increases.
Question 6This model of abnormal behavior acknowledges an interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors in the development of mental health disorders.
A) biological model
B) sociocultural model
C) biopsychosocial model
D) psychological model
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