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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






4. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






5. 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






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






7. Process in testing concurrent validity






8. 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






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






10. 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%






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






12. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






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






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






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






26. Anything that is measured such as height or depression score on a depression scale






27. 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






28. For ranks; determining the line that describes a linear relationship






29. How the score are spread out overall






30. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. Knowing a fact






41. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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