PSY 311 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Negative Relationship, Red Meat, Operational Definition
10 Apr 2020
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Construct cannot be observed or measured directly. Operational definitions definition and a method for measuring hypothetical construct. Definition: # of yawns in one-hour measurement: sleepiness. Operational definition important: is not the same as the construct itself . Positive relationship: score high on one measure, score high on another measure. Positive relationship: score low on one measure, score low on another measure. Negative relationship: score high on one measure, score low on another measure. Positive relationship: eating red meat from age 15 to 25 the higher their cholesterol level will be at age 60. Negative relationship: the more exercise children get from age 2 to 7, the lower their chance of having cancer by age 65. People: who score high on your measure also score high on a standardized measure of self-efficacy. Concurrent validity: testing two groups at the same time or asking two different groups of people to take the same test.
