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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. 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






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






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






4. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






15. 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






16. 34.13% - 13.59% - 2.02% - 0.26% and - +3 99.74% - +2 97.72% - +1 84.13% - 0 50.00% - -1 15.87% - -2 2.28% - -3 0.26%






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






19. 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






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






21. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






22. 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






23. The degree to which the result from an experiment can be applied to the population and the real world






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






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






26. Step beyond correlations; allows not only identification of relationship between 2 variables - also make predictions






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






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






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






30. Used most commonly on standardized test






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






38. When subjects do and say what they think puts them in a favorable light -ex: reporting they are not racist even if they really are






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






40. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






42. Compares 2 groups of people at the same time point






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






44. Comparing an individual'S performance on 2 halves of the same test to reveal internal consistency; internal consistency can be increased by item analysis






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






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






47. Knowing a fact






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






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






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







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