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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






10. Analyses how a large group responded to each item on the measure; weeds out problematic questions with low discriminatory value; increases internal consistency






11. 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






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






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






14. Mean (standard error of mean) - median mode; normal and platykuric: equal; positively skewed: mode - med - mean; negatively skewed: mean - med - mode; bimodal: equal mean and med - 2 modes






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






16. Used most commonly on standardized test






17. 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






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






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






20. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






22. For children 6-16






23. 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






24. Compares 2 groups of people at the same time point






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






35. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






36. 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






37. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. How the score are spread out overall






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