Intellectual Development Flashcards
What are the 5 important aspects associated with intellectual development?
Language development Problem-solving Memory Moral development Abstract thoughts and creative thinking
What is language development?
Language development is essential for organizing thoughts and to share express ideas. It is also important for clarification
What is problem-solving?
Problem-solving is an important skill that is required both to work things out and to make predictions about what might happen
What is memory?
Memory is required for storing, recalling, and retrieving information
What is moral development?
Moral development allows for reasoning and making choices, and informs an individual how to act in particular situations and how to act towards self and others
What are abstract thoughts and creative thinking?
Abstract thoughts and creative thinking are essential for thinking and discussing situations and events that cannot be observed
What is the intellectual development for infancy and early childhood?
Stages of rapid intellectual development
What is the intellectual development for adolescence and early adulthood?
Development of logical thought, problem-solving and memory recall skills
What is the intellectual development for middle adulthood?
Can think through problems and make sound judgements using life experiences
What is the intellectual development for later adulthood?
Changes in the brain can cause short-term memory decline and slower thought processes and reaction times
What are the intellectual millstones from birth?
Can use all their senses to help understand the world around them
What are the intellectual millstones at 3 years?
Can ask questions, counts, recognise colours and sort objects
What are the intellectual millstones at 5 years?
Starting to read and write and draw in detail, can talk about the past and future
What are the intellectual millstones at 8 years?
Can think more deeply, reason, talk about abstract ideas and plan
What are the stages of language development at around 3 months old?
Infants begin to make babbling noises as they learn to control the muscles associated with speech
What are the stages of language development at around 12 months old?
Infants begin to imitate sounds made by carers such as ‘da da’. This develops into using single words
What are the stages of language development at around 2 years old?
Infants begin to make two-way sentences, such as ‘cat goed’(meaning the cat has gone away). The infant begins to build their vocabulary(knowledge of words)
What are the stages of language development at around 3 years old?
Children begin to make simple sentences, such as ‘i want drink’. This develops into the ability to ask questions, ‘when we go?’. Knowledge of words (vocabulary) grows very rapidly