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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. 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%






3. 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






4. Knowing a fact






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






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






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

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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






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






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






25. 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






26. For children 6-16






27. Different subjects of different ages are compared - faster - easier






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Overall range or spread - most basic measure of variability - subtracts the lowest value from the highest value in a data set






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






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






37. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






43. 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 -






44. 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






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






46. The most frequently occurring value






47. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






49. 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%






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