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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. There is a general factor in intelligence 'g'






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






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






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






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






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






17. Use correlation coefficients in order to predict one variable y from another variable x - let you define a line on graph that describes the relationship between x and y - when the least-square line or regression line is fit to the data - basically: u






18. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






19. 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






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






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






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






23. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






24. 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






25. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






26. Mean is 0 - and SD=1 - This with Z-score allow you to compare one person'S score on two different distributions






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Knowing how to do something






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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%






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






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






41. Includes: testable hypothesis - reproducible experiment - operationalized definition (observable and measurable)






42. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






44. 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






45. Consist of vertical bars in which the sides of the vertical bars touch - useful for discrete variables that have clear boundaries - interval variables in which there is some order






46. 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%






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






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






49. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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