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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






9. Mean is 0 - and SD=1 - This with Z-score allow you to compare one person'S score on two different distributions






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Structured - do not allow own answers; more objective than projective tests; not completely objective because most self-reported; Q-sort - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - California Personality Inventory (CPI) - Myers-Brigg Type






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






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

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






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






20. Measure the extent to which test measures what it intends to; concurrent - construct - content - face






21. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






23. The most frequently occurring value






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






25. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






27. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






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






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






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






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






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






33. Tests the effects of two independent variables or treatment conditions at once






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






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






36. 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






37. compares means of 2 different groups to see if the two groups are truly different - analyze differences between means on continuous data - particularly useful with small n - cannot test for difference between more than 2 groups






38. For children 6-16






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






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






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






42. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. The degree to which an independent variable can predict a dependent variable






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







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