Intellectual Development

Question 1

Types of Intellectual development

Answer 1

Problem solving, Language development, memory, moral development, abstract thought and creative thinking

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

Used for storing and recalling information

Question 3

Problem solving

Answer 3

Needed to work things out and make predictions about what might happen.

Question 4

Language development

Answer 4

Needed to organise and express thoughts.

Question 5

Moral development

Answer 5

Needed for reasoning and making choices about how to act towards oneself and others.

Question 6

Abstract thought and Creative thinking

Answer 6

Essential for thinking and discussing things that can’t be observed.

Question 7

States of intellectual development

Answer 7

Infancy and Early childhood are stages of rapid intellectual development.

Intellectual development continues throughout the life stages.

Thinking skills and short term memory decline in later adulthood.

Older people may experience dementia ( illness which affects the brain and causes memory loss)