PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Graduate Management Admission Test, Construct Validity, Extraversion And Introversion
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Psyb04 week 4 good and bad measurements in research. Terminologies: scale, response options to a single question, series of questions that measure the same concept or related questions. Also referred to as an instrument or a test. Significances in measurement: study has decreased credibility and validity if measurements are baseless, bad measurements. Psychological constructs & its issues: co(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)t: (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts that (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:373)easu(cid:396)ed di(cid:396)e(cid:272)tl(cid:455, examples: intelligence, introversion, self-esteem. Objective personality testing: specific questions / specific responses (ex. Projective personality testing: ambiguous stimuli / open ended responses (ex. Interview, questionnaire: assumptions: accurate memory, honesty, coherent understanding of questions asked between researcher and participant, observational measures, natural or artificial, direct or indirect, covert or overt, live, recorded, archival, other observers. Importance in what is observed and how: physiological measures, brain imaging techniques: fmri, mri, eeg, pet scan, cat scan, heart beat rate, gsr, eye movement, hormones, neurotransmitters.
