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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






6. 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 -






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






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






9. 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






10. 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%






11. 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%






12. Measure mastery in a particular area (e.g. final exam)






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Knowing how to do something






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






22. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






23. When subjects act in ways they think experimenter wants or expects






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Knowing a fact






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






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






45. figure out how much each score differs (deviates) from the mean by subtracting the mean from each score - square each of these deviation values (to get rid of negative value) - add all these squared deviations to get the sum of square - divide sum by






46. 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






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






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






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






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






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