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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






2. 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






3. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






8. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Have order - equal intervals and a real zero ex: age






15. How the score are spread out overall






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






22. Attempts to eliminate/minimize these - variables in the environment that might also effect the dependent variable and blue the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable






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






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






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






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






27. Mean (standard error of mean) - median mode; normal and platykuric: equal; positively skewed: mode - med - mean; negatively skewed: mean - med - mode; bimodal: equal mean and med - 2 modes






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






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






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






31. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






32. 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%






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






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






35. Measure innate ability to learn (debatable) - to predict later performance






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






37. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Compares 2 groups of people like an experiment - but this is used when it is not feasible or ethical to use random assignment ex: smoker vs. cancer






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






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