Aneen Wants to Know Which Students Will Succeed in a Gifted

question 25

Multiple Choice

Aneen wants to know which students will succeed in a gifted program, so she administers a test at the beginning of the year. At the end of the year, she finds that the test results correlate with those students' grades. The test has demonstrated:

• A)content validity.
• B)predictive validity.
• C)concurrent validity.
• D)divergent validity.

Evaluate the effectiveness of welfare policies and reforms on poverty alleviation.

Understand the impact of government policies on wealth concentration and welfare dependency.

Identify the socioeconomic factors leading to higher poverty rates among certain demographic groups.

Analyze the concept of poverty as both a relative and absolute condition.

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Definitions:

Self-serving Bias

A frequent inclination to credit good outcomes to personal qualities while blaming bad outcomes on outside circumstances.

Defensive Self-esteem

A form of self-esteem that is fragile and vulnerable to criticism, leading individuals to react defensively to perceived threats.

Accomplishments

Achievements, successes, or completed goals, often resulting from effort or skill.

Spotlight Effect

The cognitive bias where an individual overestimates how much others notice their appearance or behavior.