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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tests whether at least 2 groups co-vary - can adjust for preexisting differences between groups






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






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






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






5. Population --> sample/subgroup --> representative and unbiased --> achieved through random sampling --> if it'S not feasible - use convenience sampling instead or stratified sampling






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






7. For children 6-16






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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. Attempt to measure less-defined properties (e.g. intelligence) - check for reliability and validity






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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