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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. Process in testing concurrent validity






3. Measured by the same individual taking the same test more than once






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Inactive substance or condition disguised as a treatment substance or condition - used to form control group






9. 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%






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






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






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






13. 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






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






16. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






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






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






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






22. Structured - do not allow own answers; more objective than projective tests; not completely objective because most self-reported; Q-sort - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - California Personality Inventory (CPI) - Myers-Brigg Type






23. figure out how much each score differs (deviates) from the mean by subtracting the mean from each score - square each of these deviation values (to get rid of negative value) - add all these squared deviations to get the sum of square - divide sum by






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






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






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






27. Rosenthal effect; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






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






29. Sorting cards into a normal distribution; each has a different statement on it about personality; to one end is 'least like self' - other is 'most like self' - and middle is neutral; factor analysis to reduce viewpoints into a few factors






30. Intelligence in relation to performance; pioneered development of psychometrics - 'no intelligence is culture-free'






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






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






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






34. Used when n-cases in a sample are classified into categories or cells - tell us whether the groups are significantly different in size - look at the pattern or distributions - not difference between mean - ex:intro psych class categorized into race -






35. How the score are spread out overall






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






37. Knowing a fact






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

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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






46. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






47. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






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