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Psycht&m Chapter 5
Psych t&m 5a&b
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| defines a concept in terms of the way it is measured. | Operational definition |
| One that seeks to tell us the true nature of the thing being defined | Real definition |
| the two major points of intelligence | 1. capacity to learn from experience 2. the capacity to adapt to ones environment |
| int his test examinees must indicate their typical response to everyday problems such as forgetting to bring money, checkbook or credit card when bringing a friend to lunch. | everyday problem solving inventory |
| purpose is to confirm that test scores and variables fit a certain pattern predicted by a theory. | confirmatory |
| summarize the interrelationships among a large number of variables in a concise and accurate manner as an aid in conceptualization | exploratory |
| to help produce a large parsimonious description of large complex data sets. | factor analysis |
| beginning point for every factor analysis | co relation matrix |
| a complete table of intercorelations among all the variables | co relation matrix |
| consists of a table or correlations called factor loadings | factor matrix |
| indicate the weighting of each variable on each factor | factor loading |
| geometric representation for factor loading | Basically is stating that you would take the first 2 or 3 factors and plot them on a x and y axis. |
| when the computer program seeks to eliminate as many of the negative factor loadings as possible | rotation to positive manifold |
| the computer program seeks to simplify the factor loadings so that each test has significant loadings on as few factors as possible | rotation to simple structure |
| factor analysis will yield meaningful results only when _____ | the results were meaningful to begin with |
| the quality of output depends on______ | the quality of the input |
| when the factors are at right angles to one another, which means that they are uncorrelated. | orthogonal axes |
| the factors are correlated among themselves. some argue this axes should always be used | oblique axes |
| charles spearman said that intelligence consists of two kinds of factors which are: | the g factor:single general factor, and numerous specific factors s1, s2, s3, and so on |
| the persuasive general factor | g |
| a factor specific to that test or subtest | s |
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