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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. For children 6-16






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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%






15. 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






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






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






18. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






32. Attempts to eliminate/minimize these - variables in the environment that might also effect the dependent variable and blue the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable






33. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






36. For children 4-6






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






43. 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 -






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






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






46. Knowing a fact






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






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






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






50. How much variation there is among n number of scores in a distribution







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