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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Knowing a fact






6. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Neither purely descriptive nor purely inferential - can only show relationship - not causality - positive and negative correlation






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






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






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






18. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






19. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






20. 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






21. How the score are spread out overall






22. Originally to determine mental illness - now for personality; more clinical than CPI; 550 T/F/unsure questions (e.g. 'I would like to ride a horse'); discriminates between disorders; high validity because highly discriminatory items and 3 validity sc






23. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






26. Compares 2 groups of people like an experiment - but this is used when it is not feasible or ethical to use random assignment ex: smoker vs. cancer






27. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






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






30. 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






31. The degree to which an independent variable can predict a dependent variable






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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