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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. When subject behave differently just because they thing that they have received the treatment substance or condition






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Not simple and linear - looks like a curved line - ex: arousal and perfomance - high A --> low P - Low A --> low P - medium A --> high P






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






11. 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






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






13. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






16. 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






17. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






19. compares means of 2 different groups to see if the two groups are truly different - analyze differences between means on continuous data - particularly useful with small n - cannot test for difference between more than 2 groups






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






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. 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%






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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%






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. When relationship inferred when there is none - ex: many people think there is a relationship between physical and personality characteristics - when evidence show there is none






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






45. 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 -






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






47. How the score are spread out overall






48. 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






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






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