Hi Thanks Scott, Gary, and Annette for the great help. Here's what I ended up with based on your suggestions and some searching around to see what students would find with Google. In the process I came across the nice paper by Joan McCord on Cures that Harm in the area of delinquency prevention. See
http://www.unc.edu/~gsmunc/JoanMcCord/CuresThatHarm2003.pdf ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY - ACTIVITY 2 ORIGINS OF FALSE BELIEFS ABOUT TREATMENT EFFICACY Historically and even today, people have unwarranted confidence in the effectiveness (efficacy) of untested treatments for various medical and psychological disorders. Below are some factors that could bias such false beliefs. Select 6 randomly, find an explanation for the bias, and then describe briefly how it could lead to false beliefs about the effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness) of treatment. Submit a brief summary to [email protected] with psy3700-02-####### in the subject line, where ####### is your student number. We will discuss this exercise next Monday in class, including how different biases may be similar. 1. Regression to the Mean 2. Placebo Effect 3. Spontaneous Recovery 4. Misdiagnosis 5. Confounding Variables 6. History as Threat to Validity 7. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 8. Resentful Demoralization 9. Confirmation Bias 10. Illusory Correlation 11. Selective Memory Failures 12. Demand Characteristics 13. Missing Counterfactual 14. Cognitive Dissonance 15. Maturation as Threat to Validity 16. Availability Heuristic 17. Survivor Bias Thanks again. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology [email protected] Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22866 or send a blank email to leave-22866-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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