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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






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






3. 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






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






5. Measure the extent to which test measures what it intends to; concurrent - construct - content - face






6. 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






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






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






9. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






12. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Neither purely descriptive nor purely inferential - can only show relationship - not causality - positive and negative correlation






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






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






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






22. 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%






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






24. 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






25. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Tests whether at least 2 groups co-vary - can adjust for preexisting differences between groups






33. Knowing a fact






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






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






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






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






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






39. Describe what is seen in each of 10 inkblots; scoring is complex; validity questionable






40. 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






41. For children 4-6






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






50. 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