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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






2. Process in testing concurrent validity






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Attempts to eliminate/minimize these - variables in the environment that might also effect the dependent variable and blue the effect of independent variable on the dependent variable






20. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






22. 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






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






24. For children 4-6






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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 -






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






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






30. 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






31. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






40. 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






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






42. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






43. 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






44. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






45. The age level of a person'S functioning according to the IQ test






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






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






48. There is a general factor in intelligence 'g'






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






50. Knowing a fact







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