Reserach Methods - Psychometric test, Physiological measures and Cross-cultural research

Question 1

What are psychometric tests?

Answer 1

Instrument tests e.g. pen-and-paper tests, one-to-one tests)

Question 2

What do psychometric tests measure?

Answer 2

Mental characteristics e.g. intelligence tests, brain damage/function, creativity, personality, aptitude and skills

Question 3

What type of data do psychometric tests gather?

Answer 3

Quantitative data

Question 4

What is the advantage of using quantitative data?

Answer 4

Allows for comparisons and data analysis

Question 5

What are some problems associated with psychometric tests?

Answer 5

Data can be falsifiable because the tests are often completed as self-reports

Question 6

If data is falsifiable, what does this affect?

Answer 6

It affects the internal validity of the data

Question 7

What is internal validity?

Answer 7

Whether we are measuring what we set out to measure (was the study conducted correctly)?

Question 8

What needs to happen in order for a psychometric test to be reliable?

Answer 8

Psychometric tests must be administered and assessed by trained individuals

Question 9

What are physiological measures?

Answer 9

Tests that look as physiological measures of activity to asses the impact of the independent variable or look at a correlation

Question 10

What case study used physiological measures to asses behaviour?

Answer 10

Casey et al.

Question 11

What is cross-cultural research?

Answer 11

Where participants being studied on are from various cultural groups

Question 12

Give some examples of cultures:

Answer 12

Country
District
Type of setting (rural, urban)
Social class
Ethnicity
Religion

Question 13

What is the importance of cross-cultural research?

Answer 13

Cross-cultural research allows us to see if predictions of general behaviour are justified or not. It also allows us to see similarities in behaviour which can then be assumed to be universal features of human behaviour

Question 14

What are some problems with cross-cultural research?

Answer 14

There could be bias, for example the way in which the research is carried out or data is interpreted

Question 15

What is the problem with data collection in cross-cultural research?

Answer 15

The way in which the data is gathered may not be the same but must be equivalent

Question 16

What is an equivalent way of gathering data in a culture where writing is not common but the previous setting completed a questionnaire?

Answer 16

Method = interview