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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






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






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

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






5. Knowing a fact






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






7. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






16. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






17. Like a histogram except that the vertical bars do not touch - various columns are separated by space






18. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






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






22. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






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






25. When subjects that drop out are different than those that remain; no longer random






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






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






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






29. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Revised Binet'S version - used with children - organized by age level - Best known predictor of future academic achievement






37. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






38. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






40. Interest in the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable - often manipulated by applying it in experimental or treatment condition and withholding it from control condition






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






42. 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%






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






44. Originally to determine mental illness - now for personality; more clinical than CPI; 550 T/F/unsure questions (e.g. 'I would like to ride a horse'); discriminates between disorders; high validity because highly discriminatory items and 3 validity sc






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






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