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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. (Mental age/chronological age)/100 - Highest age = 16

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2. The most frequently occurring value






3. Empirical-keying or criterion-keying approach; to determine of subject is like a particular group or not






4. Tests the same person at multiple time points and looks at changes within that person






5. Tests whether the means on one outcome or dependent variable are significantly different across groups - height or level of anxiety from anxiety scale






6. When people agree with opposing statements; giving tacit agreement






7. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






8. Revised Binet scale to Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale; also studied gifted children - those with higher IQs better adjusted






9. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






10. Whether scores on a new measure correlate with other measures known to test the same construct; cross validation process






11. Measure arousal of sympathetic nervous system - stimulated by lying and anxiety






12. Allows own answer: expression of conflicts - needs - impulses; content interpreted by administrator - some more objective than others; Rorschach Inkblot Test - Thematic Apperception Test - Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration (P-F) Study - Word Association






13. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






14. Normal curve - negatively skewed distribution - positively sknewed distribution - bimodal distribution - platykuric distribution






15. When relationship inferred when there is none - ex: many people think there is a relationship between physical and personality characteristics - when evidence show there is none






16. How stable measure is; test-retest - split-half






17. Not to diagnose depression but assess severity of depressive symptoms; used by researcher or clinician to track course of depressive symptoms






18. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






19. Rosenthal effect; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






20. Describe what is seen in each of 10 inkblots; scoring is complex; validity questionable






21. Interest in the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable - often manipulated by applying it in experimental or treatment condition and withholding it from control condition






22. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






23. Most commonly used for adults 16+ - organized by subtests with subscales and identify problem areas; current is WAIS-IV






24. Naturalistic setting - less control over environment than in lab; generates more hypotheses than able to prove






25. Compares 2 groups of people like an experiment - but this is used when it is not feasible or ethical to use random assignment ex: smoker vs. cancer






26. How much variation there is among n number of scores in a distribution






27. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






28. Not simple and linear - looks like a curved line - ex: arousal and perfomance - high A --> low P - Low A --> low P - medium A --> high P






29. Not intelligence tests; measure sensory and motor development of infants to identify mental retardation; poor predictors of later intelligence






30. Used when n-cases in a sample are classified into categories or cells - tell us whether the groups are significantly different in size - look at the pattern or distributions - not difference between mean - ex:intro psych class categorized into race -






31. Developed concept of IQ and first intelligence test (Binet Scale)






32. Consist of vertical bars in which the sides of the vertical bars touch - useful for discrete variables that have clear boundaries - interval variables in which there is some order






33. Mean is 0 - and SD=1 - This with Z-score allow you to compare one person'S score on two different distributions






34. Structured - do not allow own answers; more objective than projective tests; not completely objective because most self-reported; Q-sort - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - California Personality Inventory (CPI) - Myers-Brigg Type






35. For even number of values in the set - take the average of the two middle value






36. Inactive substance or condition disguised as a treatment substance or condition - used to form control group






37. Sorting cards into a normal distribution; each has a different statement on it about personality; to one end is 'least like self' - other is 'most like self' - and middle is neutral; factor analysis to reduce viewpoints into a few factors






38. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






39. Capable of showing order and pacing because equal spaces lie between the values - do not include real zero - ex: temperature






40. Attempt to measure less-defined properties (e.g. intelligence) - check for reliability and validity






41. Whether content covers a good sample of construct being measured






42. How the score are spread out overall






43. Order - variables need to be arranged by order (not necessarily equally spaced) - ex: maranthon finishers






44. Measures the extent to which items in a measure 'hang together' and test the same thing






45. I when incorrectly reject null - thought significant but chance; II when incorrectly accept null - thought chance but significant






46. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






47. Personality measure for 'normal' / less clinical groups than MMPI - by Harrison Gough






48. Takes place in controlled setting must be able to control for: independent variable - dependent variable - and confounding variable






49. When subject behave differently just because they thing that they have received the treatment substance or condition






50. compares means of 2 different groups to see if the two groups are truly different - analyze differences between means on continuous data - particularly useful with small n - cannot test for difference between more than 2 groups