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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample






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






3. 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






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






5. When subject behave differently just because they thing that they have received the treatment substance or condition






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. How the score are spread out overall






12. Whether content covers a good sample of construct being measured






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






14. I when incorrectly reject null - thought significant but chance; II when incorrectly accept null - thought chance but significant






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






16. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






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






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






20. Process in testing concurrent validity






21. Knowing a fact






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






23. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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

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30. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Experimenter bias; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






36. 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






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






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






39. Studying the same objects at different points in the lifespan and provides better - more valid results than most other methods - costly - time commitment






40. 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






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






42. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Mean (standard error of mean) - median mode; normal and platykuric: equal; positively skewed: mode - med - mean; negatively skewed: mean - med - mode; bimodal: equal mean and med - 2 modes






50. 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