AP Psychology Unit 2: Subunit 3: Intelligence

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Across
  1. 3. A common factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is measured by every intelligence test.
  2. 4. The most commonly used intelligence test for adults, measuring verbal and performance abilities.
  3. 7. The success with which a test predicts future performance or behavior it’s meant to forecast.
  4. 12. Psychologist who developed the first practical intelligence test to identify students needing academic assistance.
  5. 15. A comprehensive model integrating fluid and crystallized intelligence within a hierarchical framework of cognitive abilities.
  6. 17. The belief that intelligence and abilities can be developed through effort and learning.
  7. 22. The ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age.
  8. 23. Psychologist who revised Binet’s test for American use, creating the Stanford-Binet intelligence test.
  9. 24. Originally defined as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100; now based on deviation from the mean score.
  10. 28. Psychologist who proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, suggesting eight distinct types of intelligence.
  11. 32. A research method that follows and retests the same people over a long period.
  12. 34. Psychologist who developed widely used intelligence tests for adults and children, including the WAIS and WISC.
  13. 35. Psychologist who identified seven primary mental abilities, challenging Spearman’s single-factor theory.
  14. 36. Psychologist known for her research on mindset theory, distinguishing between fixed and growth mindsets.
  15. 37. The extent to which a test samples the behavior or content it is intended to measure.
  16. 38. A statistical method used to identify clusters of related items (factors) on a test.
  17. 39. A method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with others using numerical scores.
  18. 40. The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
Down
  1. 1. The worldwide phenomenon of rising intelligence test scores over time.
  2. 2. The extent to which a test yields consistent results over time or across different forms.
  3. 5. Defining meaningful test scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.
  4. 6. Psychologist who proposed the concept of general intelligence (g) underlying all intellectual abilities.
  5. 8. A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve representing the distribution of many traits, with most scores near the average.
  6. 9. A condition in which a person with limited mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as computation or art.
  7. 10. The widely used American revision of Binet’s original intelligence test.
  8. 11. Early psychologist who studied hereditary genius and pioneered psychometrics, applying statistical methods to human differences.
  9. 13. Passion and perseverance in pursuing long-term goals.
  10. 14. Cognitive scientist known for his research on language, cognition, and evolutionary psychology.
  11. 16. A test designed to predict a person’s capacity to learn or perform well in the future.
  12. 18. Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.
  13. 19. A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on negative stereotypes about one’s group.
  14. 20. A measure of intelligence based on the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
  15. 21. The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it claims to.
  16. 25. The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions effectively.
  17. 26. A group of people sharing a common characteristic, such as age, studied over time.
  18. 27. A research method that compares people of different ages at one point in time.
  19. 29. The belief that intelligence and abilities are innate and unchangeable.
  20. 30. The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits.
  21. 31. The degree to which a test truly measures the psychological concept it claims to assess.
  22. 33. A test designed to measure what a person has learned.