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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. A level of <0.05or <0.01 means that chance that seemingly significant errors are due to random variation rather than to true systematic variance is less than 5% or 1%






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






3. Numerically calculating and expressing correlation - r range -1 to +1 - 0 = no relationship






4. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






5. figure out how much each score differs (deviates) from the mean by subtracting the mean from each score - square each of these deviation values (to get rid of negative value) - add all these squared deviations to get the sum of square - divide sum by






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Allow generalization from sample to population - statistics (sample) - parameters (population): use statistics to estimate parameters






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Use correlation coefficients in order to predict one variable y from another variable x - let you define a line on graph that describes the relationship between x and y - when the least-square line or regression line is fit to the data - basically: u






18. Developed concept of IQ and first intelligence test (Binet Scale)






19. 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






20. How the score are spread out overall






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






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






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






24. Used when equivalent one cannot be isolated






25. 34.13% - 13.59% - 2.02% - 0.26% and - +3 99.74% - +2 97.72% - +1 84.13% - 0 50.00% - -1 15.87% - -2 2.28% - -3 0.26%






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






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






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






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






30. Normal curve - negatively skewed distribution - positively sknewed distribution - bimodal distribution - platykuric distribution






31. Every member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample






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






33. 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






34. Knowing a fact






35. 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 -






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Measure of fascism or authoritarian personality






46. 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






47. Knowing how to do something






48. Measure mastery in a particular area (e.g. final exam)






49. Attitude change in response to feeling that options are limited; e.g. dislike experiment and intentionally behaving unnaturally - or being set on a certain flavour of ice cream as soon as told it is sold out






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






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