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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. 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






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






4. Originally used with free association techniques; word called out - subject says next word in mind






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






6. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. For children 6-16






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. Numerically calculating and expressing correlation - r range -1 to +1 - 0 = no relationship






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. How a researcher attempts to examine a hypothesis - different questions call for different approaches - some approaches are more scientific than others






34. figure out how much each score differs (deviates) from the mean by subtracting the mean from each score - square each of these deviation values (to get rid of negative value) - add all these squared deviations to get the sum of square - divide sum by






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






42. 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%






43. Includes: testable hypothesis - reproducible experiment - operationalized definition (observable and measurable)






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






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







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