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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






11. For children 4-6






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






32. Normal curve - negatively skewed distribution - positively sknewed distribution - bimodal distribution - platykuric distribution






33. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






34. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






36. How the score are spread out overall






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






38. For children 6-16






39. 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






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






41. Describe what is seen in each of 10 inkblots; scoring is complex; validity questionable






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






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






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

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






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






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






48. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






50. Studying the same objects at different points in the lifespan and provides better - more valid results than most other methods - costly - time commitment