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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. Measure innate ability to learn (debatable) - to predict later performance






4. Intelligence in relation to performance; pioneered development of psychometrics - 'no intelligence is culture-free'






5. 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






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






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






8. When subjects do and say what they think puts them in a favorable light -ex: reporting they are not racist even if they really are






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






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






11. Data that has been counted rather than measured - usually limited to whole or positive values - ex: group size - number of hospital visit - number of symptoms






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






13. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






14. 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






15. For children 6-16






16. Used most commonly on standardized test






17. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample






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






19. Bell curve; larger the sample - greater chance of having a normal distribution






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






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






22. Created to determine whether a person feels responsible for things that happen (internal) or no control over events in life (external)






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






24. Knowing a fact






25. 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






26. Neither purely descriptive nor purely inferential - can only show relationship - not causality - positive and negative correlation






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Originally used with free association techniques; word called out - subject says next word in mind






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






34. 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 -






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






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






37. Revised Binet'S version - used with children - organized by age level - Best known predictor of future academic achievement






38. 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






39. Used when an experiment involves more than one independent variable - can separate the effects of different levels of different variables - can isolate main effects - can identify interaction effects - ex: studying effect of brain lesion on problem s






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






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






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






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






44. 34.13% - 13.59% - 2.02% - 0.26% and - +3 99.74% - +2 97.72% - +1 84.13% - 0 50.00% - -1 15.87% - -2 2.28% - -3 0.26%






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






46. 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






47. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






48. Attitude change in response to feeling that options are limited; e.g. dislike experiment and intentionally behaving unnaturally - or being set on a certain flavour of ice cream as soon as told it is sold out






49. Birth order vs. intelligence; the older - the more intelligent; the more children - the less intelligent; the greater spacing - the more intelligent






50. Organize data by showing it in a meaningful way; do not allow conclusions to be drawn beyond the sample; percentiles - frequency distributions - graphs - measures of central tendency - variability