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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






4. 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






5. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






7. Knowing how to do something






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






9. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






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






12. How the score are spread out overall






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






14. 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






15. 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%






16. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. If it is significant - same finding can be generalized to the population - use test of significant to reject null hypothesis






23. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






25. For children 4-6






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






27. Number of SD a score is from the mean - For normal distribution - (-3 to +3)






28. Tests whether at least 2 groups co-vary - can adjust for preexisting differences between groups






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Numerically calculating and expressing correlation - r range -1 to +1 - 0 = no relationship






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






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






37. Knowing a fact






38. Critical of personality trait-theory and personality tests; felt situations (not traits) decide actions






39. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






42. The most frequently occurring value






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






44. 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 -






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






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






47. Might show how often different variables appear; nominal - ordinal - interval - ratio (real zero)






48. 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






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






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