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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






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






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






8. 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






9. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






10. 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






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






12. For children 6-16






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






21. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






22. 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






23. The most frequently occurring value






24. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






26. Organize data by showing it in a meaningful way; do not allow conclusions to be drawn beyond the sample; percentiles - frequency distributions - graphs - measures of central tendency - variability






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






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

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29. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Whether content covers a good sample of construct being measured






37. Naturalistic setting - less control over environment than in lab; generates more hypotheses than able to prove






38. 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






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






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






41. Transformation of a z-score - mean is 50 and the SD is 10 - T=10(Z)+50






42. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






43. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






46. 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






47. When people agree with opposing statements; giving tacit agreement






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






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






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