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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






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






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






14. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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%






29. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






32. 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 -






33. Used when an experiment involves more than one independent variable - can separate the effects of different levels of different variables - can isolate main effects - can identify interaction effects - ex: studying effect of brain lesion on problem s






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






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






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






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






38. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






49. 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






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