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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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






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






3. Knowing a fact






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






14. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






16. Tests the same person at multiple time points and looks at changes within that person






17. Compares 2 groups of people at the same time point






18. 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






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






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






21. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Mean (standard error of mean) - median mode; normal and platykuric: equal; positively skewed: mode - med - mean; negatively skewed: mean - med - mode; bimodal: equal mean and med - 2 modes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. Originally to determine mental illness - now for personality; more clinical than CPI; 550 T/F/unsure questions (e.g. 'I would like to ride a horse'); discriminates between disorders; high validity because highly discriminatory items and 3 validity sc






43. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






44. 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






45. Calculates how off the mean might be in either direction






46. How the score are spread out overall






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

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






49. 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






50. 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