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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






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






5. Notable for cross-cultural application and simple directions - to make the best picture of a man - scored based on detail and accuracy - not artistic talent






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






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






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






9. Has plotted points connected by lines - used to plot variables that are continuous (categories without clear boundaries)






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Number of SD a score is from the mean - For normal distribution - (-3 to +3)






16. Calculates how off the mean might be in either direction






17. Not intelligence tests; measure sensory and motor development of infants to identify mental retardation; poor predictors of later intelligence






18. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






19. 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






20. Knowing how to do something






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






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






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






24. Similar to T-test - but can measure more than 2 groups






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Whether content covers a good sample of construct being measured






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






35. 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%






36. For children 6-16






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






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






39. 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






40. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






42. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






45. (Mental age/chronological age)/100 - Highest age = 16

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46. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. The most frequently occurring value






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