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GRE Psychology: Measurement And Methodology

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1. 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






2. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale






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






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






5. Frequency polygon (continuous variables) - histogram/ bar graph (discrete)






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. Might show how often different variables appear; nominal - ordinal - interval - ratio (real zero)






12. If it is significant - same finding can be generalized to the population - use test of significant to reject null hypothesis






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Similar to word association - finish incomplete sentences






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Not IQ - It is unlikely IQ captures all facets of it






24. For children 4-6






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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 -






30. 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






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






32. Takes place in controlled setting must be able to control for: independent variable - dependent variable - and confounding variable






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






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. Used most commonly on standardized test






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. For children 6-16






43. 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






44. 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






45. Subjects alter behaviour because they are being observed






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






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






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






49. Organize data by showing it in a meaningful way; do not allow conclusions to be drawn beyond the sample; percentiles - frequency distributions - graphs - measures of central tendency - variability






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