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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






4. Step beyond correlations; allows not only identification of relationship between 2 variables - also make predictions






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






6. Used most commonly on standardized test






7. 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






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






9. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






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






13. Describe what is seen in each of 10 inkblots; scoring is complex; validity questionable






14. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






15. Knowing a fact






16. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






18. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






19. 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%






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






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






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






23. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






24. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






25. Consist of vertical bars in which the sides of the vertical bars touch - useful for discrete variables that have clear boundaries - interval variables in which there is some order






26. Developed concept of IQ and first intelligence test (Binet Scale)






27. Knowing how to do something






28. Similar to T-test - but can measure more than 2 groups






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






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






31. For children 6-16






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






50. 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