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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Personality test from Jung'S theory; 93 questions 2 answers each; 4-letter personality type - each letter 1 of 2 possible opposing characteristics: Introverted vs. Extraverted - Sensing vs. Intuition - Feeling vs. Thinking - and - Judgment vs. Percep






2. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






3. Step beyond correlations; allows not only identification of relationship between 2 variables - also make predictions






4. 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






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






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






7. Notable for cross-cultural application and simple directions - to make the best picture of a man - scored based on detail and accuracy - not artistic talent






8. 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






9. Process in testing concurrent validity






10. Tell you the average extent to which scores were different from the mean - if average standard deviation is large - then scores were highly dispersed






11. The most frequently occurring value






12. For children 6-16






13. Cartoons in which one person is frustrating another; asked to describe how the frustrated person responds






14. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






15. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






16. The effect that might result when a group is born and raised in a particular time period






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






18. Overall range or spread - most basic measure of variability - subtracts the lowest value from the highest value in a data set






19. Knowing a fact






20. Assess extent interests and strengths match those found by professionals in a particular job field






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






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






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






24. Mean of Americans is standardized to 100 - with SD 15 or 16 depending on test; correlates most with IQ of biological parents and socioeconomic status






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






26. Attempts to eliminate/minimize these - variables in the environment that might also effect the dependent variable and blue the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable






27. Transformation of a z-score - mean is 50 and the SD is 10 - T=10(Z)+50






28. Fluid intelligence declines with old age while crystallized intelligence does not






29. Includes: testable hypothesis - reproducible experiment - operationalized definition (observable and measurable)






30. Compares 2 groups of people at the same time point






31. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






32. Give descriptive names - No order or relationship among the variables other than to separate them into groups - ex: male-female






33. How a researcher attempts to examine a hypothesis - different questions call for different approaches - some approaches are more scientific than others






34. 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






35. Mathematically combines and summarizes overall effects or findings for a topic; best known for consolidating effectiveness of psychotherapy - can calculate overall effect size or conclusion drawn from a collection of studies; needed when conflicting






36. 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






37. Created multitrait-multimethod technique to determine validity of tests






38. Has plotted points connected by lines - used to plot variables that are continuous (categories without clear boundaries)






39. 31 cards (1 blank and 30 pictures) with interpersonal scenes (2 people facing each other); subject tells story about each which reveals aspects of personality; often measure need for achievement; interpreting terms include needs - press - personology






40. Comparing an individual'S performance on 2 halves of the same test to reveal internal consistency; internal consistency can be increased by item analysis






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






42. Like a histogram except that the vertical bars do not touch - various columns are separated by space






43. Studying the same objects at different points in the lifespan and provides better - more valid results than most other methods - costly - time commitment






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






45. The age level of a person'S functioning according to the IQ test






46. Have order - equal intervals and a real zero ex: age






47. A level of <0.05or <0.01 means that chance that seemingly significant errors are due to random variation rather than to true systematic variance is less than 5% or 1%






48. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






49. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






50. For ranks; determining the line that describes a linear relationship