Random Questions

Question 1

How can you tell if a distibution is positively skewed?

Answer 1

• The mean is high than the mode

Question 2

Explain how there might be a problem of bias and generalisation in a studied with a 2 gruod (1 with schizophrenia and with wit not) and a volunteer sample? How would you modify this

Answer 2

• Volunteer sample can’t accurately generalise as it is sample from surrounding area
• Use stratified sample as a representative for each group in society

Question 3

Briefly outline and evaluate one study of validity in relation to diagnosis of schizophrenia?

Answer 3

• Rosenhan had 8 pseudo patients admitted to psychiatric hospital presented to clinicians sayijg that they could hear voices. Despite acting normally on transmission, it took 7-52 days to bereleased havingbeen diagnosed with schizophrenia. This shows that psychiatrists are not able to distinguish real and pseudo patients with schizophrenia

Question 4

Explain how a cognitive behaviour therapist might treat Marine’s symptoms?

Answer 4

• Helped to identify her irrational beliefs that her care workers are trying to hurt her
• Help her understand that the voices aren’t real by explaining how it could be an error in her own thoughts
• Could give her strategies to distract her ways of talking through the voices

Question 5

How could you turn mood scores into ordinal and nominal data?

Answer 5

• Ordinal - rank scores
• Nominal - categories mood scores <40, >40

Question 6

Explain how a researcher could elimatebor reduce demand characteristics?

Answer 6

• Double blind trial, neither the participants nor the researcher know the order of the study therefore participants are less likely to guess aims from environment or researchers