1. Of the psychological research studies of which you are aware, including the “classics” of which you may have learned in previous courses, which studies do think have most greatly contributed to the development of the field of clinical psychology?

2. Do you think studies with greater internal validity or greater external validity are ultimately more beneficial to clients who receive psychological services? How do research findings with high internal validity benefit the field? How do research findings with high external validity benefit the field?

3. Why is it important for research on psychotherapy efficacy to consider cultural diversity when designing their studies and publishing their results?

4. Do the APA’s Code of Ethics effectively address all aspects of psychological research? Are there any improvements or additions that you feel are necessary to the code. If so, what are they? Are there any current standards of the code relating to research that you feel are unnecessary? If so, what are they, and why are they unnecessary?

5. The chapter mentions several questions that may be asked when assessing therapy outcome. Can you think of other questions that might also be appropriate to ask when assessing therapy outcome?