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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






5. Tell you the average extent to which scores were different from the mean - if average standard deviation is large - then scores were highly dispersed






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






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






8. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






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






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






14. 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 -






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






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






17. 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






18. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. Number of SD a score is from the mean - For normal distribution - (-3 to +3)






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






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






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






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






28. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






29. 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%






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






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






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






33. Frequency polygon (continuous variables) - histogram/ bar graph (discrete)






34. When people agree with opposing statements; giving tacit agreement






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Measure innate ability to learn (debatable) - to predict later performance






40. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Knowing a fact






47. 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






48. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






50. Tests the same person at multiple time points and looks at changes within that person