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Across
  1. 4. threat a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
  2. 5. study research that follows and retests the same people over time
  3. 6. the extent to which a test yields consistent results
  4. 8. validity the success with which a test predicts the behavior its designed to predict
  5. 11. quotient ratio of mental age to chronical age multiplied by 100
  6. 12. study research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time
  7. 14. test designed to assess what a person has learned
  8. 16. syndrome mild to severe intellectual disability and assosicated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
  9. 17. curve bell-shaped curve tht describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes
  10. 20. Intelligence measured by every task on an intelligence test
  11. 22. Adult Intelligence Scale most widely used intelligence tests
  12. 24. American revision on Binet’s original intelligence test
  13. 26. intelligence The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
  14. 27. passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals
  15. 28. ability to learn and adapt to situations
Down
  1. 1. analysis identifies clusters of related items on a test, used to identify different dimensions of performance
  2. 2. extent to which a test measures or predicts what it’s supposed to measure
  3. 3. test designed to predict a person’s future performance
  4. 7. disability condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life
  5. 9. a group of people that share a common characteristic
  6. 10. syndrome a person who is limited mentally has an exceptional specific skill
  7. 13. defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group
  8. 15. test assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others using numerical scores
  9. 18. proportion of variation among individuals in a group that we can attribute to genes
  10. 19. Intelligence accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
  11. 21. age level typically associated with children of a chronological age
  12. 23. intelligence ability to reason speedily and abstractly
  13. 25. validity extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest