Intellectual Development: A2 an introduction

Question 1

What is intellectual development?

Answer 1

Intellectual development is all about learning. It’s about how individuals organise their minds , ideas and thoughts to make sense of the world they live.

Question 2

How do children learn?

Answer 2

Children learn through the other areas of development. Physical development- through the senses by touching, tasting, listening and playing.

Question 3

What is cognitive development?

Answer 3

Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.

Question 4

Aspects of intellectual development: what is purpose of language development?

Answer 4

Language development is essential for organising thoughts.

Question 5

Aspects of intellectual development: what is the purpose of problem solving?

Answer 5

Problem solving is an important skill that requires both to work things out and make predications about what might happen.

Question 6

Aspects of intellectual development: what is the purpose of having a memory?

Answer 6

The memory is required to storing, recalling and retrieving information.

Question 7

Aspects of intellectual development: what is the purpose of moral development?

Answer 7

Moral development allows for reasoning and making choices, and informs the individual how to act in particular situations and how to act towards self and others.

Question 8

Aspects of intellectual development: what is the purpose of abstract thoughts and creative thinking?

Answer 8

Abstract thoughts and creative thinking are essential for thinking and discussing situations and events that cannot be observed.

Question 9

What did Piaget and Chomsky look at?

Answer 9

Piaget looked at problem solving and Chomsky, who looked at language acquisition.

Question 10

Stages of intellectual development: infancy and early childhood?

Answer 10

Stages of rapid intellectual development.

Question 11

Stages of intellectual development: adolescence to early childhood

Answer 11

Development of logical thoughts, problem solving and memory recall skills.

Question 12

Stages of intellectual development: middle adulthood

Answer 12

Can think through problems and make sound judgements using life experiences.

Question 13

Stages of intellectual development: later adulthood

Answer 13

Changes in the brain can cause short-term memory decline and slower thought processes and reaction time.

Question 14

What are some of the concepts that a child will learn?

Answer 14

• opposites
• temperature
• mass
• numbers
• length
• height
• volume
• shapes
• time
• speed
• patterns
• symbols
• letters