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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






3. Knowing a fact






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






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






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






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






8. The most frequently occurring value






9. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






11. Does not control - but examines how independent variable affects it






12. Measured by the same individual taking the same test more than once






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






14. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






15. How the score are spread out overall






16. 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






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






18. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






19. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






21. 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






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






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

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24. 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






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






26. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






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






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






31. 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 -






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






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






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






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






36. How well a test measures a construct; multitrait-multimethod technique determines validity; internal - external: concurrent - construct - content - face






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






38. Measure how well you know a subject - measure past learning






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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%






46. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






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






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






49. The approach to construct assessment instruments - involves selection of items that can discriminate between various groups; responses determine if he is like a particular group or not; e.g. Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory






50. 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