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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






7. Use correlation coefficients in order to predict one variable y from another variable x - let you define a line on graph that describes the relationship between x and y - when the least-square line or regression line is fit to the data - basically: u






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. Capable of showing order and pacing because equal spaces lie between the values - do not include real zero - ex: temperature






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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%






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. For even number of values in the set - take the average of the two middle value






26. Studying the same objects at different points in the lifespan and provides better - more valid results than most other methods - costly - time commitment






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






28. Data that has been counted rather than measured - usually limited to whole or positive values - ex: group size - number of hospital visit - number of symptoms






29. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






30. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Knowing how to do something






42. 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 -






43. 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






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






45. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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







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