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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. Knowing how to do something






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Knowing a fact






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






9. 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






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






11. The most frequently occurring value






12. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






15. The effect that might result when a group is born and raised in a particular time period






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






17. 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%






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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 -






24. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






25. Anything that is measured such as height or depression score on a depression scale






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






27. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






33. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






35. Created multitrait-multimethod technique to determine validity of tests






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






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






38. 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






39. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






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






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