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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. For children 6-16






7. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






8. Process in testing concurrent validity






9. Mathematically combines and summarizes overall effects or findings for a topic; best known for consolidating effectiveness of psychotherapy - can calculate overall effect size or conclusion drawn from a collection of studies; needed when conflicting






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Organize data by showing it in a meaningful way; do not allow conclusions to be drawn beyond the sample; percentiles - frequency distributions - graphs - measures of central tendency - variability






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






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






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






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






19. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Knowing how to do something






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

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28. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






29. 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






30. Draw a person of each sex and tell a story about them






31. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. When subjects that drop out are different than those that remain; no longer random






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






50. 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%






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