Lara Has Been Feeling Sad for Nearly a Month Now

question 57

Multiple Choice

Lara has been feeling sad for nearly a month now. She has lost interest in seeing her friends and in other activities she once enjoyed. Her clinician asks her to complete a 21-item ______ called the ______.

• A) personality inventory; Beck Depression Inventory
• B) personality inventory; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
• C) symptom subtest; Beck Depression Inventory
• D) symptom subtest; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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Definitions:

Correlational Study

A research method used to determine the relationship between two variables, without implying causation.

Cause-and-Effect

Cause-and-effect refers to the relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others, typically serving as the reason something happens.

Experimental Method

A research technique in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).

Correlational Studies

Research methods that examine the relationship between two or more variables to determine if a change in one variable is associated with a change in another.