AP Psych: Unit 2B - Thinking & Intelligence - Stability of Intelligence + Group Differences & Questions of Bias

cross-sectional study

a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another at a single point in time

longitudinal study

research that follows and retests the same people over a longer period of time

cohort

a group of people from a given time period

heritability

the ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next

nature-nurture issue

the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

bias

a systematic error in which the validity of a test is greater for some groups than for others

stereotype threat

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

stereotype lift

the tendency for awareness of a positive stereotype to improve performance on tasks