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What aspects of sleep are associated with Depression
1) more rapid onset of REM
2) Decrease percentage of slow wave sleep
3) Increased percentage of REM sleep
Structural equation modeling
A multivariate technique used to evaluate the causal (predictive) influences or test causal hypotheses about the relationships among a set of factors.
Central limit theorem
The shape of a sampling distribution of means approaches normality as sample size increases
What does the slope of the curve indicate on an item response curve
It’s ability to discriminate between high and low scorers
Role of GABA
Regulates the levels of dopamine in the brain through an inhibitory process
What is the striatum responsible for
Producing GABA
Survival analysis
Used to assess the length of time to the occurrence of a critical event
Mahler’s concept of individuation
When the child develops an inner representation of the mother, an ability to test reality, a sense of time, and an awareness of the existence of others as distinct from him or herself.
Confounding variable
A variable in research study which is not of interest to the researcher, but exerts systematic effect on the DV
Four horsemen of the apocalypse
1) Criticism
2) Defensiveness
3) Contempt
4) Stonewalling
Associated with early divorce (first 7 years)
Secondary preventions
Involved early detection and intervention for a problem in order to reduce its duration and keep it from getting worse.
Examples include crisis intervention, suicide hotlines, and screening tests
Dropout rate and ethnicity
Highest - African Americans
Lowest - Asian Americans
What does the y intercept indicate on an item response curve
The probability of answering the question correctly by guessing
Criterion contamination
When a rater’s knowledge of an employee’s performance on a predictor biases how the employee is rated on a criterion
What is contained in the striatum and where is it located
The caudate and the putamen
It is in the basal ganglia
Elaboration likelihood model
A cognitive model of attitude change that predicts that persuasion can occur in one of two ways - through a central and a peripheral route
Gender stability
Develops by 4 years of age
An understanding that one’s gender doesn’t change over time
Fusion in family therapy
Used by Bowen
An inability to separate intellectual from emotional functioning, or an inability to separate one’s own thoughts and feelings from those of other family members
James Lange theory of emotion
An event causes physiological arousal first, then interpretation
Q-technique factor analysis
Determines how many types of people a sample of people represents
95% probability that a person’s true score lies within
2 standard errors of measurement of the obtained score
Solomon four-group design
A true experimental design used to evaluate the effects of pretesting since some groups are pretested and others are not.
Effect of prenatal malnutrition in the third trimester
Negative effects on the central nervous system, specifically the brain
Criterion deficiency
What is missed or deficient in the criterion uses.
I.e. using a typing test as the sole criterion for a secretary when job is more than that
