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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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%






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






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






4. Created to determine whether a person feels responsible for things that happen (internal) or no control over events in life (external)






5. 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






6. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






8. Calculates how off the mean might be in either direction






9. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






12. The degree to which the result from an experiment can be applied to the population and the real world






13. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






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






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






17. 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






18. For children 6-16






19. The most frequently occurring value






20. Knowing how to do something






21. 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






22. For children 4-6






23. Birth order vs. intelligence; the older - the more intelligent; the more children - the less intelligent; the greater spacing - the more intelligent






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Tell you the average extent to which scores were different from the mean - if average standard deviation is large - then scores were highly dispersed






31. 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






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






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






34. Developed concept of IQ and first intelligence test (Binet Scale)






35. 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






36. Used when an experiment involves more than one independent variable - can separate the effects of different levels of different variables - can isolate main effects - can identify interaction effects - ex: studying effect of brain lesion on problem s






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Comparing an individual'S performance on 2 halves of the same test to reveal internal consistency; internal consistency can be increased by item analysis






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






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






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






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






46. 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%






47. 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






48. 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






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






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