AP Psychology-Thinking, Language and Intelligence

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Across
  1. 2. Shortcut strategies that suggest a solution to a problem but do not guarantee an answer.
  2. 3. The tendency to strongly prefer to avoid losses compared to acquiring gains.
  3. 7. The state of being alert and mentally present for one's everyday activities.
  4. 8. The tendency to search for and use information that supports one's ideas rather than refutes them.
  5. 9. Reasoning from a general case that is known to be true to a specific instance.
  6. 12. A model emphasizing that when people evaluate whether a given item reflects a certain concept.
  7. 13. The extent to which a test yields a consistent, reproduceable measure of performance.
  8. 15. The extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure.
  9. 16. An individual's mental age, divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100.
  10. 17. The meaning of words and sentences in a particular language.
  11. 19. A language's rules for combining words to form acceptable phrases and sentences.
  12. 21. The mental process of finding an appropriate way to attain a goal when the goal is not readily available.
  13. 23. An all-purpose ability to do well on cognitive tasks.
  14. 24. The tendency to report falsely, after the fact, that one has accurately predicted an outcome.
  15. 25. Process of manipulating information mentally.
Down
  1. 1. Failing to solve a problem as a result of fixation on a thing's usual functions.
  2. 4. Intermediate goals or problems devised to put the individual in a better position for reaching the final goal or solution.
  3. 5. A language's sound system.
  4. 6. The way in which information is processed and manipulated in remembering, thinking and knowing.
  5. 10. Strategies that guarantee a solution to a problem.
  6. 11. Mental categories that are used to group objects, events and characteristics.
  7. 14. Using a prior strategy and failing to look at a problem from a fresh new perspective.
  8. 16. Reasoning from specific observations to make generalizations.
  9. 18. A form of communication.
  10. 20. A language's rules for word formation.
  11. 22. The mental activity of transforming information to reach conclusions.