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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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%






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. How the score are spread out overall






27. 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






28. Measures the extent to which items in a measure 'hang together' and test the same thing






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






30. Attitude change in response to feeling that options are limited; e.g. dislike experiment and intentionally behaving unnaturally - or being set on a certain flavour of ice cream as soon as told it is sold out






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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

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






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






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






40. Knowing how to do something






41. 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






42. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






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






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






45. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






48. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






50. 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