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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






5. Capable of showing order and pacing because equal spaces lie between the values - do not include real zero - ex: temperature






6. 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






7. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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. Give descriptive names - No order or relationship among the variables other than to separate them into groups - ex: male-female






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Use correlation coefficients in order to predict one variable y from another variable x - let you define a line on graph that describes the relationship between x and y - when the least-square line or regression line is fit to the data - basically: u






22. 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






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






24. Revised Binet'S version - used with children - organized by age level - Best known predictor of future academic achievement






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






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






27. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






29. 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






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






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






32. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






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






36. For children 4-6






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






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






39. 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%






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






41. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






42. 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






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






44. Knowing how to do something






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






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






47. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






48. The effect that might result when a group is born and raised in a particular time period






49. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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