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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. Attempt to measure less-defined properties (e.g. intelligence) - check for reliability and validity






4. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. How well a test measures a construct; multitrait-multimethod technique determines validity; internal - external: concurrent - construct - content - face






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






21. Knowing a fact






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






42. 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






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






44. Mean of Americans is standardized to 100 - with SD 15 or 16 depending on test; correlates most with IQ of biological parents and socioeconomic status






45. How the score are spread out overall






46. The approach to construct assessment instruments - involves selection of items that can discriminate between various groups; responses determine if he is like a particular group or not; e.g. Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory






47. How much variation there is among n number of scores in a distribution






48. Tests the same person at multiple time points and looks at changes within that person






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






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







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