PSYCO 333 - Midterm 1 Exam Questions And
Answers A+ Graded
individual differences - ANSWER differences in personality from one person to another
intrapersonal functioning - ANSWER psychological processes that take place within the
person
pasimony - ANSWER the quality of requiring few assumptions
personality - ANSWER a dynamic organization, inside the person, of psychophysical
systems that create the person's characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts, and
feelings
theory - ANSWER a summary statement, a principle or set of principles about a class of
events
case study - ANSWER an in depth study of one individual
causality - ANSWER a relationship such that variation in one dimension produces
variation in another
clinically significant - ANSWER an association large enough to have some practical
importance
correlation - ANSWER a relationship in which two variables or dimensions covary when
measured repeatedly
correlation coefficient - ANSWER a numeric index of the degree of correlation between
two variables
dependent variable - ANSWER the variable measured as the outcome of an experiment
descriptive statistics - ANSWER statistics used to describe or characterize some group
experience sampling - ANSWER a method in which people report repeatedly on their
current experiences
experimental control - ANSWER the holding constant of variables that are not being
manipulated
experimental method - ANSWER the method in which one variable is manipulated to test
for causal influence on another variable
experimental personality research - ANSWER a study involving a personality factor and
,an experimental factor
Generality (generalizability) - ANSWER the degree to which a conclusion applies to
many people
idiographic - ANSWER relating to an approach that focuses on a particular person
across situations
independent variable - ANSWER the variable manipulated in an experiment and tested
as the cause in a cause effect relationship
inferential stats - ANSWER statistics used to judge whether a relationship exists
between variables
interaction - ANSWER a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable differs
depending on the level of another predictor variable
main effect - ANSWER a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable is
independent of other variables
multifactor study - ANSWER a study with two or more predictor variables
personology - ANSWER the study of the whole person, as opposed to the study of only
one aspect of the person
practical significance - ANSWER an association large enough to have practical
importance
random assignment - ANSWER the process of putting people in randomly into groups of
an experiment so their characteristics balance out across groups
statistical significance - ANSWER the likelihood of an obtained effect occurring when
there is no true effect
third variable problem - ANSWER the possibility that an unmeasured variable caused
variation in both of two correlated variables
, variable - ANSWER a dimension along which two or more variations exist
acquiesence - ANSWER the response set of tending to say yes in response to any
question
assessment - ANSWER the measuring of personality
construct validity - ANSWER the accuracy with which a measure reflects the underlying
concept
convergent validity - ANSWER the degree to which a measure relates to other
characteristics that are conceptually similar to what its supposed to assess
criterion keying - ANSWER the developing of a test by seeing which items distinguish
between groups
criterion validity - ANSWER the degree to which the measure correlates with a separate
criterion reflecting the same concept
discriminant validity - ANSWER the degree to which a scale does not measure
unintended qualities
empirical approach - ANSWER the use of data instead of theory to decide what should
go into the measure
error - ANSWER random influences that are incorporated in measurements
face validity - ANSWER the scale looks as if it measures what it's supposed to measure
implicit assessment - ANSWER measuring associations between the sense of self and
Answers A+ Graded
individual differences - ANSWER differences in personality from one person to another
intrapersonal functioning - ANSWER psychological processes that take place within the
person
pasimony - ANSWER the quality of requiring few assumptions
personality - ANSWER a dynamic organization, inside the person, of psychophysical
systems that create the person's characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts, and
feelings
theory - ANSWER a summary statement, a principle or set of principles about a class of
events
case study - ANSWER an in depth study of one individual
causality - ANSWER a relationship such that variation in one dimension produces
variation in another
clinically significant - ANSWER an association large enough to have some practical
importance
correlation - ANSWER a relationship in which two variables or dimensions covary when
measured repeatedly
correlation coefficient - ANSWER a numeric index of the degree of correlation between
two variables
dependent variable - ANSWER the variable measured as the outcome of an experiment
descriptive statistics - ANSWER statistics used to describe or characterize some group
experience sampling - ANSWER a method in which people report repeatedly on their
current experiences
experimental control - ANSWER the holding constant of variables that are not being
manipulated
experimental method - ANSWER the method in which one variable is manipulated to test
for causal influence on another variable
experimental personality research - ANSWER a study involving a personality factor and
,an experimental factor
Generality (generalizability) - ANSWER the degree to which a conclusion applies to
many people
idiographic - ANSWER relating to an approach that focuses on a particular person
across situations
independent variable - ANSWER the variable manipulated in an experiment and tested
as the cause in a cause effect relationship
inferential stats - ANSWER statistics used to judge whether a relationship exists
between variables
interaction - ANSWER a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable differs
depending on the level of another predictor variable
main effect - ANSWER a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable is
independent of other variables
multifactor study - ANSWER a study with two or more predictor variables
personology - ANSWER the study of the whole person, as opposed to the study of only
one aspect of the person
practical significance - ANSWER an association large enough to have practical
importance
random assignment - ANSWER the process of putting people in randomly into groups of
an experiment so their characteristics balance out across groups
statistical significance - ANSWER the likelihood of an obtained effect occurring when
there is no true effect
third variable problem - ANSWER the possibility that an unmeasured variable caused
variation in both of two correlated variables
, variable - ANSWER a dimension along which two or more variations exist
acquiesence - ANSWER the response set of tending to say yes in response to any
question
assessment - ANSWER the measuring of personality
construct validity - ANSWER the accuracy with which a measure reflects the underlying
concept
convergent validity - ANSWER the degree to which a measure relates to other
characteristics that are conceptually similar to what its supposed to assess
criterion keying - ANSWER the developing of a test by seeing which items distinguish
between groups
criterion validity - ANSWER the degree to which the measure correlates with a separate
criterion reflecting the same concept
discriminant validity - ANSWER the degree to which a scale does not measure
unintended qualities
empirical approach - ANSWER the use of data instead of theory to decide what should
go into the measure
error - ANSWER random influences that are incorporated in measurements
face validity - ANSWER the scale looks as if it measures what it's supposed to measure
implicit assessment - ANSWER measuring associations between the sense of self and
