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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Give descriptive names - No order or relationship among the variables other than to separate them into groups - ex: male-female






2. For children 6-16






3. Knowing how to do something






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






5. 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






6. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






7. Frequency polygon (continuous variables) - histogram/ bar graph (discrete)






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






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






10. Knowing a fact






11. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






14. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






16. 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






17. The most frequently occurring value






18. Most commonly used for adults 16+ - organized by subtests with subscales and identify problem areas; current is WAIS-IV






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Measure how well you know a subject - measure past learning






24. Number of SD a score is from the mean - For normal distribution - (-3 to +3)






25. 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






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






27. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






35. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






42. 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 -






43. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






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






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






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






48. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






50. Attempt to measure less-defined properties (e.g. intelligence) - check for reliability and validity