Psychology Glossary 47

Creativity: The ability to generate ideas or products that are both novel and appreciate to the circumstances.

创造力：生产既新颖又能适应环境的想法或产品的能力。

Criterion Validity: The degree to which test scores indicate a result on a specific measure that is consistent with some other criterion of the characteristic being assessed; aslo known as predictive validity.

效标效度：测验分数表明某一特定测量的结果与被评估特征的某些其他标准相一致的程度；也就是预测效度。

Cross-Sectional Design: A research method in which groups of participants of different chronological ages are observed and compared at a given time.

横断设计：一种研究方法，在给定的时间里观察和比较不同年龄的参与者小组。