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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. 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






3. Capable of showing order and pacing because equal spaces lie between the values - do not include real zero - ex: temperature






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






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






6. Knowing how to do something






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






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






17. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






19. Compares 2 groups of people like an experiment - but this is used when it is not feasible or ethical to use random assignment ex: smoker vs. cancer






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






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






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






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






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






25. Whether test items look like they measure the construct






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






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






28. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






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






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






32. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






34. The degree to which an independent variable can predict a dependent variable






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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 -






39. For children 4-6






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






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






42. Bell curve; larger the sample - greater chance of having a normal distribution






43. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






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






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






47. Might show how often different variables appear; nominal - ordinal - interval - ratio (real zero)






48. The most frequently occurring value






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






50. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences