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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






2. 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






3. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. How the score are spread out overall






27. For children 6-16






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






29. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






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






36. Bell curve; larger the sample - greater chance of having a normal distribution






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Knowing how to do something






42. 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






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






44. 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 -






45. Knowing a fact






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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