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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Have order - equal intervals and a real zero ex: age






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






27. 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






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






29. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






30. Fluid intelligence declines with old age while crystallized intelligence does not






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The effect that might result when a group is born and raised in a particular time period






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Measures the extent to which items in a measure 'hang together' and test the same thing






42. I when incorrectly reject null - thought significant but chance; II when incorrectly accept null - thought chance but significant






43. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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