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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. How the score are spread out overall






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






11. 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






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






13. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






21. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






23. 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






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






25. Mean is 0 - and SD=1 - This with Z-score allow you to compare one person'S score on two different distributions






26. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






29. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






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






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






34. Knowing a fact






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. Experimenter bias; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






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






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






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






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






44. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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







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