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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. 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






2. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






3. How the score are spread out overall






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. The hypothesis that no real differences or pattern exist






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






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






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






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






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






14. Process in testing concurrent validity






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






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






17. compares means of 2 different groups to see if the two groups are truly different - analyze differences between means on continuous data - particularly useful with small n - cannot test for difference between more than 2 groups






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






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






32. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






33. Whether test really taps abstract concept being measured






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






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






37. When subjects that drop out are different than those that remain; no longer random






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






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






40. The process of representing or analyzing numerical data






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






42. Rosenthal effect; researchers see what they want to see; minimized in double-blind






43. Combines longitudinal and cross-sectional approach






44. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






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






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






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






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






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






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