Measurement/methodology/other

Question 1

william wundt

Answer 1

first psychology lab

Question 2

lewis terman

Answer 2

revised stanford binet test for US

Question 3

between subjects

Answer 3

each subject is exposed to only one level of each IV (high protein breakfast vs low protein breakfast)

Question 4

matched subjects

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match subjects on variable they want to control (like matching IQ

Question 5

within subjects

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repeated measures design

same subjects get all the levels of IV (day 1 high protein breakfast, day 2 low protein breakfast)

Question 6

nonequivalent group design

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control group is not necessarily similar to experimental group due to not using random assignment
-educational research

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experimenter bias

Answer 7

due to bias, the experimenter might inadvertantly treat groups of subjects differently
- used double blinding to fix this

Question 8

demand characteristics

Answer 8

cues that suggest to a subject what the researcher expects of them
- use deception to fix this

Question 9

hawthorne effect

Answer 9

effect that being observed has on behavior

- use control groups

Question 10

measures of variability

Answer 10

standard deviation, range, variance

Question 11

normal distribution

Answer 11

• 2: 2%
• 1: 14 %
  0: 50%
  1: 84%
  2: 98%

Question 12

reject the null

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when we find statistically significant results

Question 13

Type 1 error

Answer 13

reject the null, but null is true

we say there are results but there really aren’t any

Question 14

Type II error

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accept the null, but null is false
we say there are no results but there really are
probability of making this error is called beta

Question 15

ANOVA

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measures how much group means differ from each other by comparing between group variance/within group variance using the F ratio

Question 16

norm referenced

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assessing persons performance in terms of how that person did compared to others - “got 90 percentile on GRE”

Question 17

domain referenced

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criterion referenced
test takers knowledge of specific content
drivers license written test

Question 18

reliability

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consistency

use standard error of measurement (SEM), smaller the SEM the more reliable

Question 19

content validity

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test coverage of a particular skill or knowledge are that it is supposed to measure

Question 20

face validity

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whether or not test appears t measure what it is suppose to measure

Question 21

criterion validity

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how well a test can predict someones performance on a test of the same skill or knowledge area
predictive validity - future performance
concurrent - same time

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construct validity

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how well performance on the test fits into theoretical framework related to what it is you want the test to measure
convergent and discriminant validity

Question 23

convergent validity

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if two variables are highly related , people who score high on you test should also score high on the other test

Question 24

discriminant validity

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test performance not correlated with performance on a test measuring a theoretically unrelated variable

Question 25

ability tests

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2 types - aptitude(future performance) and achievement (what you know now)

Question 26

IQ testing

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ratio IQ - has to do with age

deviation IQ - has to do with how well a person did relative to same age peers

Question 27

empirical criterion keying

Answer 27

hathaway and mckinley
testing questions and keeping those that differentiated between two groups
MMPI used this

Question 28

barnum effect

Answer 28

tendency of people to accept and approve the interpretation of their personality that you give them

Question 29

edward tolman

Answer 29

learning is acquired through meaningful behavior

expectancy value theory of motivation

Question 30

functionalism

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adaptive nature of the mind and body through observational methods
john dewey

Question 31

structuralism

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analysis of human consciousness

edward titchener

Question 32

gestalt

Answer 32

max wetheimer, kohler, koffka

whole is greater than sum of parts

Question 33

francis galton

Answer 33

twin studies , first to use statistics in psych eugenics

Question 34

behaviorism

Answer 34

john watson