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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






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






4. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






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






9. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. Has plotted points connected by lines - used to plot variables that are continuous (categories without clear boundaries)






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






18. 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






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






20. For ranks; determining the line that describes a linear relationship






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Knowing how to do something






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. The most frequently occurring value






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






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






43. Process in testing concurrent validity






44. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






45. Originally used with free association techniques; word called out - subject says next word in mind






46. 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






47. Cartoons in which one person is frustrating another; asked to describe how the frustrated person responds






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

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49. 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






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