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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample






2. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






4. Knowing a fact






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






6. 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






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






8. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Different subjects of different ages are compared - faster - easier






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






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






27. For children 4-6






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






34. For children 6-16






35. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






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






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






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






41. Whether scores on a new measure correlate with other measures known to test the same construct; cross validation process






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Measure arousal of sympathetic nervous system - stimulated by lying and anxiety






50. (Mental age/chronological age)/100 - Highest age = 16

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