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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






9. Use correlation coefficients in order to predict one variable y from another variable x - let you define a line on graph that describes the relationship between x and y - when the least-square line or regression line is fit to the data - basically: u






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






11. 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%






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






13. There is a general factor in intelligence 'g'






14. The most frequently occurring value






15. Experimenter bias; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






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






17. 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 -






18. The degree to which the result from an experiment can be applied to the population and the real world






19. Similar to T-test - but can measure more than 2 groups






20. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






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






23. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






24. 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






25. Calculates how off the mean might be in either direction






26. Mean (standard error of mean) - median mode; normal and platykuric: equal; positively skewed: mode - med - mean; negatively skewed: mean - med - mode; bimodal: equal mean and med - 2 modes






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






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






29. Originally to determine mental illness - now for personality; more clinical than CPI; 550 T/F/unsure questions (e.g. 'I would like to ride a horse'); discriminates between disorders; high validity because highly discriminatory items and 3 validity sc






30. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






32. Anything that is measured such as height or depression score on a depression scale






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






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






35. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






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






38. Aims to match demographic characteristics to population (i.e. 50% female - etc)






39. Neither the subject nor the experimenter know whether the subject is assigned to the treatment or the control group






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






45. Knowing a fact






46. Frequency polygon (continuous variables) - histogram/ bar graph (discrete)






47. 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






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






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






50. Analyses how a large group responded to each item on the measure; weeds out problematic questions with low discriminatory value; increases internal consistency